OnThisDay in 1942, the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) was officially established as the female reserve unit of the U.S. Navy. Unlike other female branches established during World War II, U.S. Marine Corps Women's Dress Blue Coat Works Intrepid Museum Female Chief Dinner Dress According to the 1975 U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations, the rarely seen Service Dress Blue (Yankee) uniform was for "warm weather afternoon and early evening functions such as yachting parties." The uniform was Female Enlisted Uniforms