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to end of pageDeployments of USS PHILIPPINE SEA:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 9, 1948 | June 26, 1948 |  | CVAG-9 | VF-9A (F8F-1) VF-10A (F8F-1) VA-9A (SB2C-5) VA-10A (TBM-3E) | PS | Mediterranean | Gibraltar Bone, Algeria Sfax, Tunisia Argostoli, Greece Valletta, Malta Toulon, France Naples, Italy Tripoli, Lybia Souda Bay, Crete, Greece | ||
| January 4, 1949 | May 22, 1949 | CVG-7 | VF-71 (F8F-1) VF-72 (F8F-1) VA-74 (F4U-4) VA-75 (TBM-3E/3Q) | L | Mediterranean | ||||
| September 1949 | October 1949 |  | CVG-1 | VF-11 (F8F-1) VF-12 (F8F-1) VF-13 (F4U-5) VA-14 (F4U-4) HU-2 Det. (HO3S-1) | T | Caribbean | Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Port Au Prince, Haiti | ||
| July 5, 1950 | March 26, 1951 (remained in WestPac) |  CV 47 Cruise Book  CVG-11 Cruise Book | 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. D (F4U-5N/AD-4N) VC-61 Det. C (F4U-4P) VC-11 Det. 3 (AD-4W) HU-1 Det. 3 (HO3S-1) | V | left San Diego for WestPac and Korea | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Sasebo, Japan Yokosuka, Japan | ||
| March 28, 1951 | June 9, 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. A (AD-4N) VC-11 Det. A (AD-4W) HU-1 Det. A (HO3S-1) | M | WestPac and Korea and return to San Francisco | Yokosuka, Japan | ||
| December 31, 1951 | August 8, 1952 |  | CVG-11 | VF-112 (F9F-2) VF-113 (F4U-4) VF-114 (F4U-4) VC-3 Det. C (F4U-5N/5NL) VC-61 Det. C (F2H-2P/F9F-2P) VC-35 Det. C (AD-4NL/4Q/2Q) VC-11 Det. C (AD-4W) HU-1 Det. C (HO3S-1) | V | Western Pacific, Korea | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan | ||
| December 15, 1952 | August 14, 1953 |  | CVG-9 | VF-91 (F9F-2) VF-93 (F9F-2) VF-94 (F4U-4) VA-95 (AD-4/4NA/4NL) VC-3 Det. M (F4U-5N) VC-61 Det. M (F9F-5P) VC-35 Det. M (AD-4N) VC-11 Det. M (AD-4W) HU-1 Det. 8 (HO3S-1) | N | Western Pacific, Korea | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan | ||
| March 12, 1954 | November 19, 1954 |  | CVG-5 | VF-51 (F9F-6) VF-53 (F9F-2) VF-54 (AD-6) VF-92 (F9F-2) VC-3 Det. B (F4U-5N) VC-61 Det. B VC-35 Det. B (AD-4NL) VC-11 Det. B HU-1 Det. B | S | Western Pacific | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Manila, Philippines Hong Kong | ||
| April 1, 1955 | November 23, 1955 |  | ATG-2 | VF-123 (F9F-2) VF-143 (F9F-6) VA-55 (AD-6) VC-61 Det. I VC-35 Det. I (AD-5N) VC-11 Det. I (AD-4W) HU-1 Det. 16 | W | Western Pacific | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Okinawa, Japan Hong Kong Keelung, Taiwan Yokosuka, Japan Nagasaki, Japan | ||
| January 5, 1957 | August 6, 1957 |  | VS-37 (S2F-1) HS-2 (HSS-1) | Western Pacific | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Yokosuka, Japan Kobe, Japan Sasebo, Japan Okinawa, Japan Hong Kong | ||||
| January 13, 1958 | July 25, 1958 |  | VS-21 (S2F-1) HS-6 (HSS-1) | Western Pacific | USS Renshaw (DDE 499) USS Epperson (DDE 719) | Operation Oceanlink | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Subic Bay, Philippines Manila, Philippines Yokosuka, Japan Sasebo, Japan Okinawa, Japan Hong Kong Singapore |
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