U.S. Navy Service Dress Uniform at Boston Costume On July 30, 1942, the U.S. Navy established the Women's Reservebetter known as the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). Created to fill critical shore duty roles and free up men for DVIDS News November Company becomes first company to graduate in new female dress blues 52 Service dress blue, Uniform Images: PICRYL Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Search Women's Service Dress Blue, Chief Petty Officer 1984 Proposed Navy women's dress uniforms to resemble male version Stars and Stripes