Today we take a look at how the USN's Base Force and then Service Force came into existence and the challenges it faced in the opening year of US involvement in WW2. Sources: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil - Rear Admiral Carter Gray Steel and Black Oil - Fast Tankers and Replenishment at Sea in the
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