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Deployments of USS BENNINGTON:
Note:
During deployments a VRC (Fleet Tactical Support Squadron) detachment provides carrier-on-board delivery and is embarked aboard the carrier but is no real part of the Air Wing. These detachments are not listed below.
Date of Departure | Date of Return | Cruise Book | CVW | Squadrons (Aircraft) | Tail code | Area of Operations | Battle Group | Operations/Exercises | Ports of Call |
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September 16, 1953 | February 21, 1954 | CAG-7 | VF-71 VF-72 (F9F-5) VF-74 (F4U-4) VA-75 (AD-4) VC-4 Det. VC-12 Det. VC-33 Det. VC-62 Det. HU-2 Det. | L | Northern Atlantic Mediterranean | Operation Mariner | Palermo, Sicily, Italy Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy Istanbul, Turkey Souda Bay, Crete, Greece Phaleron Bay, Greece Genoa, Italy Cannes, France Marseille, France Naples, Italy La Spezia, Italy Barcelona, Spain Lisbon, Portugal Augusta Bay, Sicily, Italy Gibraltar | ||
October 31, 1955 | April 16, 1956 | ATG-201 | VA-36 (F9F-5) VF-13 (F9F-8) VA-105 (AD-6) VC-33 Det. VC-4 Det. VC-62 Det. HU-1 Det. VC-12 Det. | J | Western Pacific (Quonset Pt. to San Diego) | NAVMARLEX ADEX 10 | Mayport, Fla. Trinidad Montevideo, Uruguay Valparaiso, Chile Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Kobe, Japan Okinawa Hong Kong Subic Bay, Philippines | ||
October 15, 1956 | May 22, 1957 | ATG-181 | VF-41 (F2H-3) VF-21 (FJ-3) VA-42 (AD-6) VF-174 (F9F-8) VAH-6 (AJ-2) VFP-62 Det. (F9F-8P) VA(AW)-33 Det. VAW-12 Det. (AD-5W) HU-1 Det. | I | Western Pacific | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Hong Kong Sasebo, Japan Kobe, Japan | |||
August 21, 1958 | January 12, 1959 | ATG-4 | VF-111 (FJ-3) VA-152 (F2H-3) VA-215 (AD-6) VA-55 (FJ-4B) VFP-61 Det. K VA(AW)-35 Det. K (AD-5N) VAW-11 Det. K (AD-5W) HU-1 Det. 14 | ND | Western Pacific | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Subic Bay, Philippines Hong Kong | |||
October 1, 1960 | May 2, 1961 | CVSG-59 | VS-33 (S2F) VS-38 (S2F) HS-8 (HSS-1N) VAW-11 Det. Q (AD-5W) | NT | Western Pacific | USS Braine (DD 630) USS Ingersoll (DD 652) USS Cogswell (DD 651) USS Stoddard (DD 566) | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Buckner Bay, Okinawa Subic Bay, Philippines Manila, Philippines Hong Kong | ||
January 7, 1962 | July 25, 1962 | CVSG-59 | VS-33 (S-2) VS-38 (S-2) HS-8 (SH-34J) VAW-11 Det. Q (EA-1E) | NT | Western Pacific | USS Blue (DD 744) USS Collett (DD 730) USS Shelton (DD 790) USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729) USS Epperson (DD 719) USS Philip (DD 498) USS Radford (DD 446) USS Renshaw (DD 499) | Exercise Tulungan SEATO Exercise Sea Devil | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Sasebo, Japan Buckner Bay, Okinawa Subic Bay, Philippines Manila, Philippines Hong Kong Iwakuni, Japan Kobe, Japan | |
February 20, 1964 | August 11, 1964 | CVSG-59 | VS-33 (S-2E) VS-38 (S-2E) HS-8 (SH-3A) VAW-11 Det. Q (EA-1E) VA-93 Det. Q (A-4B) HU-1 Det. Q (UH-2A) | NT | Western Pacific | USS Fletcher (DD 445) USS John S. McCain (DL 3) USS Nicholas (DD 449) USS Sproston (DD 577) USS Benner (DD 807) USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD 752) USS Eversole (DD 789) USS O'Brien (DD 725) | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Iwakuni, Japan Sasebo, Japan Hong Kong Subic Bay, Philippines Manila, Philippines Kobe, Japan Hakodate, Japan | ||
March 22, 1965 | October 7, 1965 | CVSG-59 | VS-33 (S-2E) VS-38 (S-2E) HS-8 (SH-3A) VAW-11 Det. Q (E-1B) VA-113 Det. Q (A-4B) | NT | Western Pacific Vietnam | Operation Seahorse Operation Cross-Tee | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Manila, Philippines Bangkok, Thailand Subic Bay, Philippines Hong Kong Sasebo, Japan Hakodate, Japan Buckner Bay, Okinawa | ||
November 4, 1966 | May 23, 1967 | CVSG-59 | VS-33 (S-2E) VS-38 (S-2E) HS-8 (SH-3A) VAW-11 Det. Q (E-1B) | NT | Western Pacific Vietnam | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Subic Bay, Philippines Hong Kong Sasebo, Japan Sydney, Australia | |||
May 1, 1968 | November 9, 1968 | CVSG-59 | VS-33 (S-2E) VS-38 (S-2E) HS-8 (SH-3A) VAW-111 Det. 20 (E-1B) | NT | Western Pacific Vietnam | USS Ramsey (DEG 2) USS Eversole (DD 789) | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Sasebo, Japan Singapore Hong Kong Subic Bay, Philippines |