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Deployments of USS KEARSARGE:
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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June 7, 1947 | August 11, 1947 | CVAG-3 | VF-3A (F8F-1) VF-4A (F8F-1) VA-3A (SB2C-5) VA-4A (TBM-3E/3Q/3J) | K | Northern Atlantic Caribbean | USS Beatty (DD 756) USS Hugh Purvis (DD 709) | Rosyth, UK Göteborg, Sweden Weymouth, UK Guantanamo Bay, Cuba | ||
June 1, 1948 | October 2, 1948 | CVG-3 | VF-31 (F8F-1) VF-32 (F8F-1) VA-34 (SB2C-5) VA-35 (TBM-3E/3J/3W) | K | Mediterranean | Souda Bay, Crete, Greece Augusta Bay, Sicily, Italy Malta Tripoli, Libya Naples, Italy Golfe Juan, France Argostoli, Greece Oran, Algeria Gibraltar | |||
August 11, 1952 | March 17, 1953 | CVG-101 | VF-11 (F2H-2) VF-721 (F9F-2) VF-884 (F4U-4) VA-702 (AD-4/4L) VC-3 Det. F (F4U-5N) VC-61 Det. F (F2H-2P) VC-35 Det. F (AD-4N) VC-11 Det. F (AD-4W) HU-1 Det. 15 (HO3S-1) | A | Western Pacific, Korea | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Subic Bay, Philippines Hong Kong | |||
July 1, 1953 | January 18, 1954 | CVG-11 | VF-112 (F9F-5) VF-113 (F9F-5) VF-114 (F9F-5) VA-115 (AD-4NA/4B) VC-3 Det. C (F2H-3) VC-61 Det. C VC-35 Det. C (AD-4N) VC-11 Det. C (AD-4W) HU-1 Det. C | V | Western Pacific | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Hong Kong Yokosuka, Japan Sasebo, Japan Manila, Philippines | |||
October 7, 1954 | May 12, 1955 | CVG-11 | VF-112 (F9F-6) VF-113 (F9F-6) VF-114 (F9F-5) VA-115 (AD-6) VC-3 Det. VC-61 Det. C VC-35 Det. C (AD-5N) VC-11 Det. C HU-1 Det. C | V | Western Pacific | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Subic Bay, Philippines Yokosuka, Japan Hong Kong Singapore | |||
October 29, 1955 | May 17, 1956 | CVG-5 | VF-91 VF-141 (F2H-3) VF-54 (AD-6) VC-61 Det. B VC-35 Det. B (AD-5N) VC-11 Det. B (AD-5W) HU-1 Det. B | S | Western Pacific | Operation Jack Pratt Operation Nav Mar Lex | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Manila, Philippines Hong Kong Subic Bay, Philippines Iwakuni, Japan | ||
August 9, 1957 | April 2, 1958 | ATG-3 | VF-53 (FJ-3M) VF-194 (F2H-3) VA-26 (F9F-8B) VA-96 (AD-7) VAH-6 Det. J (AJ-2) VFP-61 Det. J (F9F-8P) VA(AW)-35 Det. J (AD-5N) VAW-11 Det. J (AD-5W) HU-1 Det. J | NC | Western Pacific | Operation Mantlerock | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Guam Yokosuka, Japan Yokohama, Japan Subic Bay, Philippines Hong Kong Kobe, Japan Iwakuni, Japan | ||
September 4, 1959 | March 18, 1960 | VS-21 (S2F-1) HS-6 (HSS-1) VAW-13 Det. A (AD-5N) | Western Pacific | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Nagoya, Japan Yokosuka, Japan Kobe, Japan Subic Bay, Philippines Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan Sasebo, Japan Hong Kong | |||||
March 3, 1961 | September 18, 1961 | CVSG-53 | VS-21 (S2F) VS-29 (S2F) HS-6 (HSS-1) VAW-11 Det. R (AD-5W) | NS | Western Pacific | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Subic Bay, Philippines Sasebo, Japan Manila, Philippines Hong Kong Beppu, Japan Okinawa, Japan Kobe, Japan Yokosuka, Japan Iwakuni, Japan San Diego, Calif. | |||
June 4, 1963 | December 3, 1963 | CVSG-53 | VS-21 (S-2B/F) VS-29 (S-2B/F) HS-6 (SH-3A) VAW-11 Det. R (EA-1E) VA-22 Det. R (A-4B) HU-1 Det. R (UH-2A) | NS | Western Pacific | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Sasebo, Japan Kobe, Japan Hakodate, Japan Yokosuka, Japan Okinawa Subic Bay, Philippines Hong Kong | |||
June 19, 1964 | December 16, 1964 | CVSG-53 | VS-21 (S-2F) VS-29 (S-2F) HS-6 (SH-3A) VAW-11 Det. R (EA-1E) VA-153 Det. R (A-4B) HU-1 Det. R (UH-2A) | NS | Western Pacific, Vietnam | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Subic Bay, Philippines Hong Kong | |||
June 9, 1966 | December 20, 1966 | CVSG-53 | VS-21 (S-2E) VS-29 (S-2E) HS-6 (SH-3A) VAW-11 Det. R (EA-1E) | NS | Western Pacific, Vietnam | USS Radford (DD 446) USS Renshaw (DD 499) USS Taussig (DD 746) USS Frank E. Evans (DD 754) USS James E. Kyes (DD 787) | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Sasebo, Japan Subic Bay, Philippines Hong Kong | ||
August 17, 1967 | April 6, 1968 | CVSG-53 | VS-21 (S-2E) VS-29 (S-2E) HS-6 (SH-3A) VAW-111 Det. 33 (E-1B) | NS | Western Pacific, Vietnam | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Subic Bay, Philippines Sasebo, Japan Hong Kong | |||
March 29, 1969 | September 4, 1969 | CVSG-53 | VS-21 (S-2E) VS-29 (S-2E) HS-6 (SH-3A) VAW-111 Det. 33 (E-1B) | NS | Western Pacific, Vietnam | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Subic Bay, Philippines Manila, Philippines Sasebo, Japan Hong Kong |