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to end of pageDeployments of USS LEYTE:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 16, 1946 | December 12, 1946 |  | CVG-18 | VF-18 (F8F) VBF-18 (F8F-1) VB-18 (SBW-5) VT-18 (TBM-3E/3Q) | Caribbean, eastern Pacific | Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Balboa, Panama Valparaiso, Chile Callao, Peru Culebra, Virgin Islands | |||
| April 3, 1947 | June 9, 1947 | CVAG-7 | VF-7A (F6F-5) VF-8A (F8F-1B) VA-7A (SB2C-5) VA-8A (TBM-3E/3Q) | L | Mediterranean | Souda Bay, Crete, Greece Alexandria, Egypt Naples, Italy Gibraltar | |||
| July 30, 1947 | November 19, 1947 | CVAG-7 | VF-7A (F6F-5) VF-8A (F8F-1B) VA-7A (SB2C-5) VA-8A (TBM-3E/3Q) | L | Mediterranean | ||||
| September 6, 1949 | January 26, 1950 |  | MAG-11 | VMF-223 (F4U-4) VMF-225 VMF-461 VC-4 Det. VC-12 Det. HU-2 Det. (HO3S-1) | Mediterranean | Gibraltar Cannes, France Marsaxlokk, Malta Argostoli, Greece Famagusta, Cyprus Athens, Greece Tripoli, Libya Messina, Italy Livorno, Italy Palermo, Italy Augusta, Italy Naples, Italy Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria | |||
| May 2, 1950 | August 24, 1950 | CVG-3 | VF-31 (F9F-2) VF-32 (F4U-4) VF-33 (F4U-4) VA-35 (AD-3) VC-62 Det. VC-33 Det. VC-12 Det. HU-2 Det. | K | Mediterranean | Lisbon, Portugal Augusta, Sicily, Italy Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy Naples, Italy Leghorn, Italy Cannes, France Phaleron Bay, Greece Izmir, Turkey Beirut, Lebanon Souda Bay, Crete, Greece | |||
| September 6, 1950 | February 3, 1951 |  | CVG-3 | VF-31 (F9F-2) VF-32 (F4U-4) VF-33 (F4U-4) VA-35 (AD-3/4) VC-4 Det. 3 (F4U-5N) VC-62 Det. 3 (F4U-5P) VC-33 Det. 3 (AD-4N) VC-12 Det. 3 (AD-3W) HU-2 Det. 3 (HO3S-1) | K | Western Pacific, Korea | San Diego, Calif. Pearl Harbor, Hi. Sasebo, Japan Yokosuka, Japan | ||
| September 3, 1951 | December 21, 1951 |  | CVG-3 | VF-31 (F9F-2) VF-33 (F4U-4) VF-34 (F9F-2) VA-35 (AD-4/4L) VC-4 Det. (F4U-5N) VC-62 Det. (F2H-2P) VC-33 Det. 3 (AD-4N) VC-12 Det. (AD-4W) HU-2 Det. 3 (HO3S-1) | K | Mediterranean | Gibraltar Augusta Bay, Sicily, Italy Genoa, Italy Naples, Italy Cannes, France La Spezia, Italy Souda Bay, Crete, Greece Athens, Greece Izmir, Turkey Algiers, Algeria | ||
| August 28, 1952 | February 16, 1953 |  | CVG-3 | VF-31 (F9F-2) VF-33 (F4U-4) VF-34 (F2H-2) VA-35 (AD-4) VC-4 Det. (F4U-5N) VC-62 Det. (F2H-2P) VC-33 Det. 3 (AD-4N) VC-12 Det. (AD-4W) HU-2 Det. 3 (HUP-1) | K | Mediterranean | Gibraltar Cannes, France Genoa, Italy Palermo, Sicily, Italy La Spezia, Italy Istanbul, Turkey Salonika, Greece Naples, Italy Marseille, France Valencia, Spain Oran, Algeria | ||
| September 3, 1957 | November 29, 1957 |  | VS-39 (S2F-1) HU-2 Det. 51 (HUP-2) HS-9 (HSS-1) VF(AW)-4 Det. 51 (AD-5) HMR(L)-261 (HUS-1) | northern Atlantic, Mediterranean | Portsmouth, UK Lisbon, Portugal Souda Bay, Crete, Greece Malta Athens, Greece Rhodes, Greece Gibraltar |
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