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to end of pageDeployments of USS VALLEY FORGE (LPH deployments not included):
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 9, 1947 | June 11, 1948 |  | CVAG-11 | VF-11A (F8F-1) VF-12A (F8F-1) VA-11A (SB2C-5) VA-12A (TBM-3E) | V | World Cruise | USS Williams M. Wood (DD 715) USS William C. Lawe (DD 763) USS Loyd Thomas (DD 764) USS Keppler (DD 765) | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Sydney, Australia Hong Kong Tsingtao, China Singapore Trincomalee, Ceylon Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia Gibraltar Bergen, Norway Portsmouth, UK New York City, New York | |
| May 1, 1950 | December 1, 1950 | CVG-5 | VF-51 (F9F-2) VF-52 (F9F-2) VF-53 (F4U-4B) VF-54 (F4U-4B) VA-55 (AD-4/4Q) VC-3 Det. C (F4U-5N, AD-3N) VC-11 Det. (AD-3W) HU-1 Det. (HO3S-1) MAW-1 HEDRON-1 Det. (F4U-5P) | S | Western Pacific, Korea | Hong Kong Subic Bay, Philippines | |||
| December 6, 1950 | March 26, 1951 | CVG-2 | VF-64 (F4U-4) VF-63 (F4U-4) VF-24 (F4U-4) VA-65 (AD-2) VC-3 Det. A (F4U-5N) VC-61 Det. A (F4U-4P) VC-35 Det. 4 (AD-4N) VC-11 Det. A (AD-4W) HU-1 Det. A (HO3S-1) | M | Western Pacific, Korea | ||||
| March 28, 1951 | April 7, 1951 | CVG-11 | VF-111 (F9F-2) VF-112 (F9F-2) VF-113 (F4U-4B) VF-114 (F4U-4B) VA-115 (AD-4/4Q) VC-3 Det. (F4U-5N, AD-4N) VC-61 Det. (F4U-4P) VC-11 Det. (AD-3W) HU-1 Det. (HO3S-1) | M | Western Pacific, Korea | ||||
| October 15, 1951 | July 3, 1952 |  | ATG-1 | VF-111 (F9F-2/2B) VF-52 (F9F-2/2B) VF-653 (F4U-4/4B) VF-194 (AD-2/3) VC-3 Det. H (F4U-5N/5NL) VC-61 Det. H (F2H-2P/F9F-2P) VC-35 Det. H (AD-4NL) VC-11 Det. H (AD-4W/2Q) HU-1 Det. H (HO3S-1) | U | Western Pacific, Korea | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan | ||
| November 20, 1952 | June 25, 1953 |  | CVG-5 | VF-51 (F9F-5) VF-92 (F4U-4) VF-53 (F9F-5) VF-54 (AD-4) VC-3 Det. B (F4U-5N) VC-61 Det. B (F9F-5P) VC-35 Det. B (AD-4N) VC-11 Det. B (AD-4W) HU-1 Det. B (HO3S-1) | S | Western Pacific, Korea | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Hong Kong | ||
| September 7, 1954 | November 11, 1954 |  | VS-39 (AF-2S/2W) VC-4 Det. (AD-3Q) | Mediterranean | Belfast, Northern Ireland Barcelona, Spain | ||||
| January 1955 | March 1955 | | VS-26 (S2F-1) VS-36 (S2F-1) VC-4 Det. 52 (AD-5) HS-1 Det. 52 (HSS-1) HU-2 Det. 52 (HUP-2) | Caribbean | Operation Springboard | St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands Kingston, Jamaica | |||
| September 1955 | December 1955 | | VS-26 (S2F-1) VS-36 (S2F-1) VC-4 Det. (AD-5) HS-1 Det. (HSS-1) HU-2 Det. (HUP-2) | Eastern Atlantic | Operation Centerboard | Lisbon, Portugal | |||
| June 1958 | September 1958 | VS-36 (S2F-1/2) HS-7 (HSS-1) VAW-12 Det. 52 (AD-5W) HU-2 Det. 52 (HUP-2) | Mediterranean | ||||||
| June 1959 | August 1959 | VS-36 (S2F-1/2) HS-7 (HSS-1/1N) VAW-12 Det. 52 (AD-5W) HU-2 Det. 52 (HUK-1) | Atlantic | ||||||
| June 9, 1960 | August 30, 1960 |  | CVSG-56 | VS-24 (S2F-1/2S) VS-27 (S2F-1/2S) HS-3 (HSS-1) VAW-12 Det. 52 (AD-5W) HU-2 Det. 52 (HUK-1) | AU | Mediterranean | Barcelona, Spain Palma de Mallorca, Spain Cannes, France La Spezia, Italy Naples, Italy Gibraltar |
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