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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 DepartureDate of ReturnCruise BookCVWSquadrons (Aircraft)Tail codeArea of OperationsBattle GroupOperations/ExercisesPorts of Call
June 7, 1947August 11, 1947
  

CVAG-3VF-3A (F8F-1)
VF-4A (F8F-1)
VA-3A (SB2C-5)
VA-4A (TBM-3E/3Q/3J)
KNorthern Atlantic
Caribbean
USS Beatty (DD 756)
USS Hugh Purvis (DD 709)
 Rosyth, UK
Göteborg, Sweden
Weymouth, UK
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
June 1, 1948October 2, 1948
  

CVG-3VF-31 (F8F-1)
VF-32 (F8F-1)
VA-34 (SB2C-5)
VA-35 (TBM-3E/3J/3W)
KMediterranean  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece
Augusta Bay, Sicily, Italy
Malta
Tripoli, Libya
Naples, Italy
Golfe Juan, France
Argostoli, Greece
Oran, Algeria
Gibraltar
August 11, 1952March 17, 1953
  

CVG-101VF-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)
AWestern Pacific, Korea  Pearl Harbor, Hi.
Yokosuka, Japan
Subic Bay, Philippines
Hong Kong
July 1, 1953January 18, 1954
  

CVG-11VF-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
VWestern Pacific  Pearl Harbor, Hi.
Hong Kong
Yokosuka, Japan
Sasebo, Japan
Manila, Philippines
October 7, 1954May 12, 1955
  

CVG-11VF-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
VWestern Pacific  Pearl Harbor, Hi.
Subic Bay, Philippines
Yokosuka, Japan
Hong Kong
Singapore
October 29, 1955May 17, 1956
  

CVG-5VF-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
SWestern Pacific Operation Jack Pratt
Operation Nav Mar Lex
Pearl Harbor, Hi.
Yokosuka, Japan
Manila, Philippines
Hong Kong
Subic Bay, Philippines
Iwakuni, Japan
August 9, 1957April 2, 1958
  

ATG-3VF-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
NCWestern Pacific Operation MantlerockPearl Harbor, Hi.
Guam
Yokosuka, Japan
Yokohama, Japan
Subic Bay, Philippines
Hong Kong
Kobe, Japan
Iwakuni, Japan
September 4, 1959March 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, 1961September 18, 1961
  

CVSG-53VS-21 (S2F)
VS-29 (S2F)
HS-6 (HSS-1)
VAW-11 Det. R (AD-5W)
NSWestern 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, 1963December 3, 1963 CVSG-53VS-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)
NSWestern Pacific  Pearl Harbor, Hi.
Sasebo, Japan
Kobe, Japan
Hakodate, Japan
Yokosuka, Japan
Okinawa
Subic Bay, Philippines
Hong Kong
June 19, 1964December 16, 1964
  

CVSG-53VS-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)
NSWestern Pacific, Vietnam  Pearl Harbor, Hi.
Yokosuka, Japan
Subic Bay, Philippines
Hong Kong
June 9, 1966December 20, 1966
  

CVSG-53VS-21 (S-2E)
VS-29 (S-2E)
HS-6 (SH-3A)
VAW-11 Det. R (EA-1E)
NSWestern Pacific, VietnamUSS 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, 1967April 6, 1968
  

CVSG-53VS-21 (S-2E)
VS-29 (S-2E)
HS-6 (SH-3A)
VAW-111 Det. 33 (E-1B)
NSWestern Pacific, Vietnam  Pearl Harbor, Hi.
Yokosuka, Japan
Subic Bay, Philippines
Sasebo, Japan
Hong Kong
March 29, 1969September 4, 1969
  

CVSG-53VS-21 (S-2E)
VS-29 (S-2E)
HS-6 (SH-3A)
VAW-111 Det. 33 (E-1B)
NSWestern Pacific, Vietnam  Pearl Harbor, Hi.
Yokosuka, Japan
Subic Bay, Philippines
Manila, Philippines
Sasebo, Japan
Hong Kong




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