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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 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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October 22, 1946 | December 21, 1946 | CVG-82 | VF-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, 1947 | March 19, 1947 | CVAG-17 | VF-17A VF-18A (F4U-4) VA-17A (SB2C-5) VA-18A (TBM-3E/3Q/3J) | R | Eastern Atlantic Caribbean | Atlantic Fleet Tactical Exercises | Port of Spain, Trinidad | ||
May 20, 1947 | August 11, 1947 | CVAG-17 | VF-17A VF-18A (F4U-4) VA-17A (SB2C-5) VA-18A (TBM-3E/3Q/3J) | R | Northern Atlantic | Annapolis, Md. Rosyth, UK Göteborg, Sweden Portsmouth, UK Guantanamo, Cuba Culebra, Virgin Islands | |||
February 3, 1954 | August 6, 1954 | CVG-14 | VF-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. | A | Mediterranean | 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, 1954 | June 18, 1955 | ATG-181 | VF-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. | I | Mediterranean | Marseille, France Genoa, Italy Venice, Italy Valencia, Spain Oran, Algeria Palermo, Sicily, Italy Barcelona, Spain Athens, Greece Istanbul, Turkey Cannes, France Naples, Italy | |||
February 1956 | April 1956 | ATG-202 | VF-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) | X | Caribbean | Mayport, Fla. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Port-au-Prince, Haiti | |||
July 14, 1956 | February 19, 1957 | ATG-202 | VF-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. | X | Mediterranean | Gibraltar Naples, Italy Cannes, France Palermo, Sicily, Italy Istanbul, Turkey Rhodes, Greece Taranto, Italy Leghorn, Italy Barcelona, Spain Valencia, Spain | |||
July 1, 1957 | February 24, 1958 | CVG-4 | VF-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. | AD | Mediterranean | Naples, Italy Gibraltar Genoa, Italy Athens, Greece Palma de Mallorca, Spain Rhodes, Greece Patras, Greece Thessaloniki, Greece Corfu, Greece | |||
September 2, 1958 | March 12, 1959 | CVG-7 | VF-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. | AG | Mediterranean | Rhodes, Greece Athens, Greece Cannes, France Taranto, Italy Malta Naples, Italy Barcelona, Spain | |||
June 7, 1962 | August 31, 1962 | CVSG-58 | VS-26 (S2F-3) VS-36 (S2F-3) HS-7 (HSS-1N) VAW-12 Det. 15 (WF-2) HU-2 Det. 15 (HUP-3) | AV | Mediterranean | Barcelona, Spain Naples, Italy San Remo, Italy Palermo, Sicily, Italy Cannes, France Valencia, Spain | |||
March 1964 | August 1964 | CVSG-58 | VS-26 (S-2D) VS-36 (S-2D) HS-7 (SH-3A) VAW-12 Det. 15 (E-1B) | AV | Mediterranean | ||||
June 1965 | September 1965 | CVSG-58 | VS-26 (S-2) VS-36 (S-2) HS-7 (SH-3A) VAW-12 Det. 15 (E-1B) | AV | Mediterranean | USS Vogelgesang (DD 862) USS Mullinnix (DD 944) | Rapallo, Italy Marseille, France Barcelona, Spain Naples, Italy Toulon, France | ||
May 1966 | September 1, 1966 | CVSG-60 | VS-39 (S-2D) VS-34 (S-2D) HS-9 (SH-3A) VAW-12 Det. 15 (E-1B) | AW | Northern Europe | USS John W. Weeks (DD 701) USS Edward McDonnell (DE 1043) | Operation Straight Laced | Portsmouth, UK Bergen, Norway Rotterdam, The Netherlands Hamburg, West Germany Copenhagen, Denmark Edinburgh, Scotland Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
July 22, 1968 | September 3, 1968 | CVSG-56 | VS-24 (S-2E) VS-27 (S-2E) HS-3 (SH-3D) VAW-121 Det. 15 (E-1B) | AU | Caribbean 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 IX | St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands Barbados Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |