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Deployments of USS RANDOLPH:

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
October 22, 1946December 21, 1946
  

CVG-82VF-82
VBF-82 (F4U-4)
VB-82 (SB2C-5)
VT-82 (TBM-3E/3Q)
Mediterranean  Gibraltar
Naples, Italy
Izmir, Turkey
Marmaris, Turkey
Beirut, Lebanon
Athens, Greece
Malta
Quonset Point, RI.
February 2, 1947March 19, 1947
  

CVAG-17VF-17A
VF-18A (F4U-4)
VA-17A (SB2C-5)
VA-18A (TBM-3E/3Q/3J)
REastern Atlantic
Caribbean
 Atlantic Fleet Tactical ExercisesPort of Spain, Trinidad
May 20, 1947August 11, 1947
  

CVAG-17VF-17A
VF-18A (F4U-4)
VA-17A (SB2C-5)
VA-18A (TBM-3E/3Q/3J)
RNorthern Atlantic  Annapolis, Md.
Rosyth, UK
Göteborg, Sweden
Portsmouth, UK
Guantanamo, Cuba
Culebra, Virgin Islands
February 3, 1954August 6, 1954
  

CVG-14VF-141 (F2H-3)
VF-142 (F9F-6)
VF-144 (F9F-5)
VA-145 (AD-4)
VC-3 Det. F
VC-61 Det. F
VC-11 Det. 11
VC-35 Det.
HU-2 Det.
AMediterranean Operation Hellenic Sky I
Operation Shield I
Operation Italic Sky I
Gibraltar
Thessalonika, Greece
Genoa, Italy
Naples, Italy
Valencia, Spain
Cannes, France
Algiers, Algeria
Taranto, Italy
Marseille, France
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
November 30, 1954June 18, 1955
  

ATG-181VF-41 (F2H-3)
VF-21 (F9F-7)
VF-34 (F2H-2)
VA-42 (AD-6)
VC-62 Det.
VC-12 Det.
VC-33 Det.
HU-2 Det.
IMediterranean  Marseille, France
Genoa, Italy
Venice, Italy
Valencia, Spain
Oran, Algeria
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Barcelona, Spain
Athens, Greece
Istanbul, Turkey
Cannes, France
Naples, Italy
February 1956April 1956
  

ATG-202VF-102 (F2H-4)
VF-62 (FJ-3)
VA-46 (F9F-8)
VA-176 (AD-6)
VC-12 Det. 36 (AD-5W)
VC-33 Det. 36 (AD-5N)
XCaribbean  Mayport, Fla.
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
July 14, 1956February 19, 1957
  

ATG-202VF-102 (F2H-4)
VF-62 (FJ-3)
VA-46 (F9F-8)
VA-176 (AD-6)
VFP-62 Det. 36
VAW-12 Det. 36 (AD-5W)
VA(AW)-33 Det. 36 (AD-5N)
VAH-11 Det. 36
GMGRU-2 Det. 36
HU-2 Det.
XMediterranean  Gibraltar
Naples, Italy
Cannes, France
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Istanbul, Turkey
Rhodes, Greece
Taranto, Italy
Leghorn, Italy
Barcelona, Spain
Valencia, Spain
July 1, 1957February 24, 1958
  

CVG-4VF-22 (F2H-4)
VF-173
VF-73 (FJ-3M)
VA-45 (AD-6)
VAH-7 Det. 36 (AJ-2)
VFP-62 Det.
VAW-12 Det. (AD-5W)
VA(AW)-33 Det. (AD-5N)
HU-2 Det.
ADMediterranean  Naples, Italy
Gibraltar
Genoa, Italy
Athens, Greece
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Rhodes, Greece
Patras, Greece
Thessaloniki, Greece
Corfu, Greece
September 2, 1958March 12, 1959
  

CVG-7VF-71 (F2H-3)
VF-84 (FJ-3M)
VA-72 (A4D-2)
VA-86 (A4D-2)
VA-75 (AD-6)
VAH-1 (A3D-2)
VFP-62 Det. 36-58
VAW-12 Det. (AD-5W)
VA(AW)-33 Det. (AD-5N)
HU-2 Det.
AGMediterranean  Rhodes, Greece
Athens, Greece
Cannes, France
Taranto, Italy
Malta
Naples, Italy
Barcelona, Spain
June 7, 1962August 31, 1962
  

CVSG-58VS-26 (S2F-3)
VS-36 (S2F-3)
HS-7 (HSS-1N)
VAW-12 Det. 15 (WF-2)
HU-2 Det. 15 (HUP-3)
AVMediterranean  Barcelona, Spain
Naples, Italy
San Remo, Italy
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Cannes, France
Valencia, Spain
March 1964August 1964 CVSG-58VS-26 (S-2D)
VS-36 (S-2D)
HS-7 (SH-3A)
VAW-12 Det. 15 (E-1B)
AVMediterranean   
June 1965September 1965
  

CVSG-58VS-26 (S-2)
VS-36 (S-2)
HS-7 (SH-3A)
VAW-12 Det. 15 (E-1B)
AVMediterraneanUSS Vogelgesang (DD 862)
USS Mullinnix (DD 944)
 Rapallo, Italy
Marseille, France
Barcelona, Spain
Naples, Italy
Toulon, France
May 1966September 1, 1966
  

CVSG-60VS-39 (S-2D)
VS-34 (S-2D)
HS-9 (SH-3A)
VAW-12 Det. 15 (E-1B)
AWNorthern EuropeUSS John W. Weeks (DD 701)
USS Edward McDonnell (DE 1043)
Operation Straight LacedPortsmouth, UK
Bergen, Norway
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Hamburg, West Germany
Copenhagen, Denmark
Edinburgh, Scotland
Belfast, Northern Ireland
July 22, 1968September 3, 1968
  

CVSG-56VS-24 (S-2E)
VS-27 (S-2E)
HS-3 (SH-3D)
VAW-121 Det. 15 (E-1B)
AUCaribbean
Southern Atlantic
USS Vogelgesang (DD 862)
USS Harold J. Ellison (DD 864)
USS Putnam (DD 757)
USS Eugene E. Greene (DD 711)
USS Stormes (DD 780)
USS Sabine (AO 25)
UNITAS IXSt. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Barbados
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil




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