USS WASP CV 18 |
Date |
Squadrons |
Battle Group |
Area of operations |
Operations/ Exercises |
Ports of call |
November 1951 - February 1952 |
VF-11 |
Western Atlantic |
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May 24, 1952 - October 13, 1952 |
VF-11 |
Northern Atlantic Mediterranean |
Mainbrace |
Plymouth, England |
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September 16, 1953 - May 1, 1954 |
VF-172 |
World Cruise (Norfolk to San Diego) |
Yokosuka, Japan Sasebo, Japan Hong Kong Manila, Philippines Subic Bay, Philippines |
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September 1, 1954 - April 11, 1955 |
VF-151 |
Western Pacific |
Pearl Harbor, HI Iwo Jima Japan |
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April 23, 1956 - October 15, 1956 |
VF-152 |
Western Pacific |
Sea Horse |
Pearl Harbor, HI Apra Harbor, Guam Yokosuka, Japan Iwakuni, Japan Manila, Philippines Kobe, Japan |
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May 12, 1958 - October 11, 1958 |
VS-31 |
Mediterranean Lebanon |
Souda Bay, Crete Rhodes, Greece Athens, Greece Bierut, Lebanon |
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August 1959 - 1960 |
VS-32 |
Mediterranean |
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July 9, 1960 - August 11, 1960 |
VS-28 |
Southern Atlantic |
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June 9, 1961 - September 1, 1961 |
VS-28 |
Mediterranean |
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February 18, 1962 - June 16, 1962 |
VS-28 |
Northern Atlantic |
Portsmouth, England Rotterdam, Netherlands Greenock, Scotland Plymouth, England Kiel, West Germany Oslo, Norway Reykjavik, Iceland Argentia, Newfoundland |
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September 8, 1964 - December 18, 1964 |
VS-28 |
Mediterranean |
Valencia, Spain France Italy |
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February 8, 1965 - December 22, 1965 |
VS-28 |
Caribbean Western Atlantic |
recovery misions |
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June 1966 - December 16, 1966 |
VS-28 |
Western Atlantic |
ASWEX III, IV recovery missions Lantflex-66 |
New York |
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March 19, 1967 - April 1967 |
VS-28 |
Caribbean |
Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands New York |
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August 1968 - December 19, 1968 |
VS-28 |
Northern Atlantic Mediterranean |
Silwertower |
Portsmouth, England Firth of Clyde, Scotland Hamburg, Germany Lisbon, Portugal Naples, Italy Taranto, Italy Barcelona, Spain Gibraltar, England |
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April 1, 1969 - July 1969 |
VS-22 |
Northern Atlantic |
Trilant |
Lisbon, Portugal Portsmouth, England Rotterdam, Netherlands Oslo, Norway Copenhagen, Denmark |
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May 1970 - September 8, 1970 |
VS-22 |
Northern and Eastern Atlantic |
Night Patrol |
Lisbon, Portugal Rota, Spain Copenhagen, Denmark Hamburg, Germany Edinburgh, Scotland Glasgow, Scotland Plymouth, England |
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January 14, 1971 - March 3, 1971 |
VS-22 |
Mediterranean |
National Week VIII |
Rota, Spain Barcelona, Spain |
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April 27, 1971 - July 2, 1971 |
VS-22 |
Western Atlantic |
Exotic Dancer Rough Ride |
Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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September 23, 1971 - November 4, 1971 |
VS-22 |
Western Atlantic Caribbean |
Squeeze Play IX Lantcortex 1-72 |