page_title: Uniforms of the United States Navy
section_title: Service Dress Gray
hierarchical_section_title: Uniforms of the United States Navy / Obsolete uniforms / Service Dress Gray
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo #: 80-G-K-14128 (Color) Captain Allan R. McCann, USN Photographed in Service Dress Grey Uniform, circa 1943-44, while he was serving with the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, in Washington, D.C. A submariner, he was responsible for the final development of the McCann Rescue Chamber for saving crews of sunken submarines. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-m/a-mccann.htm
context_page_description: The uniforms of the United States Navy include dress uniforms, daily service uniforms, working uniforms, and uniforms for special situations, which have varied throughout the history of the navy. For simplicity in this article, officers refers to both commissioned officers and warrant officers.
context_section_description: This short-lived uniform for officers and CPOs was only authorized from 1943–49, but was a common sight on the East Coast and in the Atlantic/European Theater during World War II. It was identical in cut and material to the Service Dress Khaki uniform but medium gray in color with black buttons, worn with a lighter gray shirt and garrison or combination cover. Officers' shoulder boards were likewise gray, with stars/corps insignia and rank stripes in black. "Working grays" were the same uniform worn without the jacket and tie. The gray uniform was introduced by then-Chief of Naval Operations Ernest King, who thought khaki was more appropriate to land forces; Admiral Chester W. Nimitz disliked it and discouraged its wear in the Pacific Fleet.
caption: Captain Allan McCann wearing the Service Dress Gray uniform (1944)
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