Special Service Squadron

The Special Service Squadron ( Squadron for special tasks ) was a division of the U.S. Navy by 1907 1940. Their operational area was the Caribbean and the Panama Canal, the headquarters was in Balboa, Panama. The main task of the squadron was the enforcement of U.S. interests in Central America by gunboat diplomacy.

  • Marine Association (United States)
  • Marine History of the United States
  • Founded in 1907
  • History of Panama
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