Korean Theater of Operation

CHAPTER XII

Appendix II

(1950 to 1953)

 

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KOREA AIRCRAFT CARRIER (CV-CVA, CVE & CVL)

DEPLOYMENT DATES (1950 to 1953)

Korean Theater of Operation

CHAPTER XII

Appendix II

 

 

      “By the end of the Korean Conflict; 11 attack, one light, and five escort carriers had been sent into action — some for two or three tours” (Ref. 1-Philippine Sea & 72).

 

The U. S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet scheduled aircraft carriers deployments from 1950 to 1953 are as follows:

 

AIRCRAFT CARRIER Combat Mission	DEP	AIR WING	T/C	DEPART	RETURN
USS Boxer (CV-21)	2nd WestPac	CVG-19	B	11 Jan 1950	23 May 1950
USS Boxer (CV-21) (1st)	3rd WestPac	CVG-2	M	24 Aug 1950	11 Nov 1950
USS Boxer (CV-21) (2nd)	4th WestPac	CVG-101	A	2 Mar 1951	24 Oct 1951
USS Boxer (CVA-21) (3rd)	5th WestPac	CVG-2	M	8 Feb 1952	26 Sep 1952
USS Boxer (CVA-21) (4th) & 1st Peace-Keeping Cruise	6th WestPac	ATG-1	U	30 Mar 1953	28 Nov 1953
USS Valley Forge (CV-45) (1st)	2nd WestPac	CVG-5	S	1 May 1950	1 Dec 1950
USS Valley Forge (CV-45) (2nd)	3rd WestPac	CVG-2* CVG-11	M V	6 Dec 1950   29 Mar 1951	28 Mar 1951  7 Apr 1951
USS Valley Forge (CV-45) (3rd)	4th WestPac	ATG-1	S	15 Oct 1951	3 Jul 1952
USS Valley Forge (CVA-45) (4th)	5th WestPac	CVG-5	S	20 Nov 1952	25 Jun 1953
USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) (1st)	1st WestPac	CVG-11* CVG-2	V M	5 Jul 1950        29 Mar 1951	29 Mar 1951    9 Jun 1951
USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) (2nd)	2nd WestPac	CVG-11	V	31 Dec 1951	8 Aug 1952
*USS Leyte (CV-32) (1st)	1st WestPac	(CVG-3)	K	6 Sep 1950	3 Feb 1951
USS Princeton (CV-37) (1st)	3rd WestPac	CVG-19	B	9 Nov 1950	29 May 1951
USS Princeton (CV-37) (2nd)	4th WestPac	CVG-19X	B	31 May 1951	29 Aug 1951
USS Princeton (CVA-37) (3rd)	5th WestPac	CVG-19	B	21 Mar 1952	3 Nov 1952
USS Princeton (CVA-37) (4th)                                       1st Peace-Keeping Cruise	6th WestPac	CVG-15	H	24 Jan 1953	21 Sep 1953
USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) (1st)	1st WestPac	CVG-102	D	10 May 1951	17 Dec 1951
USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) (2nd)	2nd WestPac	CVG-7	L	20 May 1952	8 Jan 1953
USS Essex (CV-9) (1st)	1st WestPac	CVG-5	S	26 Jun 1951	25 Mar 1952
USS Essex (CVA-9) (2nd)	2nd WestPac	ATG-2	M	16 Jun 1952	6 Feb 1953
USS Essex (CVA-9) 1st Peace-Keeping Cruise	3rd WestPac	ATG-2	W	1 Dec 1953	12 Jul 1954
USS Antietam (CV-36) (1st)	3rd WestPac	CVG-15	H	8 Sep 1951	2 May 1952
USS Antietam (CV-36) Home port transfer to the East Coast	Panama Canal			mid Aug 1952	Sep 1952
USS Kearsarge (CVA-33) (1st)	1st WestPac	CVG-101	T	11 Aug 1952	17 Mar 1953
USS Kearsarge (CVA-33) (2nd) & 1st Peace-Keeping Cruise	2nd WestPac	CVG-11	V	1 Jul 1953	18 Jan 1954
USS Oriskany (CVA-34) (1st)	1st WestPac	CVG-102	D	15 Sep 1952	18 May 1953
USS Oriskany (CVA-34) 1st Peace-Keeping Cruise	2nd WestPac	CVG-19	B	14 Sep 1953	22 Apr 1954
USS Lake Champlain  (CVA-39) (1st) & 1st Peace-Keeping Cruise	1st WestPac	CVG-4	F	26 Apr 1953	4 Dec 1953
USS Yorktown (CVA-10) 1st Peace-Keeping Cruise	1st WestPac	CVG-2	M	3 Aug 1953	3 Mar 1954
USS Sicily (CVE-118)  (1st)	VMF-214 VS-21 HU-1 Det	F4U-4/B TBM-3E/S    HO3S-1	WE BS UP	4 Jul 1950	5 Feb 1951
USS Sicily (CVE-118) (2nd)	VMF-323 VS-892 HU-1 Det	F4U-4 TBM-3S/W    HO3S-1	WS ST UP	12 May 1951	12 Oct 1951
USS Sicily (CVE-118) (3rd)	VMA-312 VS-931 HU-1 Det	F4U-4/B AF2S/W HO3S-1	WR SV UP	8 May 1952	4 Dec 1952
USS Sicily (CVE-118) (4th) &                  1st Peace-Keeping Cruise	VMA- VS- HU-1 Det			14 Jul 1953	25 Feb 1954
USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) (1st)	VMF-312 VMF/ VMA-323 HU-1 Det	F4U-4 F4U-4 HO3S -1	WS WS UP	14 Jul 1950	7 Feb 1951
USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) (2nd)	VMF-212 VS-892 HU-1         Det 18	F4U-4 TBM-3S/W    HO3S-1	LD            ST           UP	15 Sep 1951	1 Mar 1952
USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) (3rd)	VMA-312 VS-892 HU-1 Det	F4U-4/B AF2S/W HO3S-1	WR                        UP	19 Jul 1952	27 Feb 1953
USS Cape Esperance (CVE 88)*	VMF (AW)-542	F7F F7F-3N Grumma Tigercat		17 Aug 1950	Dates not researched
USS Bairoko (CVE-115) (1st)	VS-21          VS-23       HU-1 Det	TBM-3S/W TBM-3E/S/W       HO3S-1	BS           MI            UP	14 Nov 1950	15 Aug1951
USS Bairoko (CVE-115) (2nd)	VS-25 VMF-323 HU-1 Det	AF2S/W F4U-4B AU-1  HO3S-1	SK WS-22 WS-22       UP	1 Dec 1951	9 Jun 1952
USS Bairoko (CVE-115) (3rd)	VMA-312 VS-21 VS-23	F4U-4/B TBM-3E/S    HO3S-1	WR         BS           MI          UP	12 Jan 1953	24 Aug 1953
USS Bataan (CVL-29) (1st)	VMF-212 VMF-312 HU-1 Det 8	F4U-4/B AF-2S/W     HO3S-1	LD          WR          UP	16 Nov 1950	25 Jun 1951
USS Bataan (CVL-29) (2nd)	VMA-312 VS-25 HU-1 Det	F4U-4              F4U-4 HO3S -1	WR         SK           UP	27 Jan 1952	26 Aug 1952
USS Bataan (CVL-29) (3rd)	VMA-312 VS-871 VS-21              HU-1 Det	F4U-4/B AF2S/W HO3S-1	WR SU BS           UP	28 Oct 1952	26 May 1953
USS Bataan (CVL-29)        1st Peace-Keeping Cruise	VMA-312 VS-871 VS-21              HU-1 Det	F4U-4/B TBM-3S/W    HO3S-1	WR SU BS           UP	31 Jul 1953	before 26 Aug 1953
USS Rendova (CVE-114) (1st)	VMF-212 VS-892 HU-1 Det	F4U-4/B TBM-3S/W    HO3S-1	LD ST           UP	8 Ju1 1951	22 Dec 1951
USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE 86)*	VMA-121	F4U-4/B TBM-3/W    HO3S-1		2 Oct 1951	18 Oct 1951 Yokosuka, Japan
USS Point Cruz (CVE-119) (1st)	VMA-332           VS-38             VS-23 HS-2 HU-1 Det	Douglas AD-2s	MR	11 Apr 1953	18 Dec 1953
USS Saipan (CVL-48) 1st Peace-Keeping Cruise	VMA- 324			Oct 1953	20 Jul 1954

 

The U. S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet Navy Patrol Squadrons deployments and deployed as of 1953 are as follows:

 

                Navy Patrol Squadrons Deployments and Deployed as of 1953         

                          Operating in the Korean Theater of Operation - 7h Fleet

 

SQUADRON	TAIL CODE	AIRCRAFT DESIGNER	PLANE / HELO	DEPART	RETURN
VP-47	BA	Martin - Mariner - Patrol Bomber	PBM-5	25 Jun 1950	1 Jun 1953
VP-1	CD	Lockheed -Neptune - Patrol	P2V-3 P2V-5	7 Aug 1950	27 Jul 1953
VP-22	CE	Lockheed -Neptune - Patrol	P2V-3 P2V-4 (P-2D)  P2V-5	14 Nov 1950	30 May 1953
VP-892		Martin -Mariner - Patrol Bomber	PBM-5	23 Nov 1950	1 Sep 1953
VP-40	CA	Martin - Mariner - Patrol Bomber & Anti-submarine	PBM-5 PBM-5S	1 Jun 1951	24 Feb 1953
VP-48	SF	Martin - Mariner – Patrol Bomber & Anti-submarine	PBM-5 PBM-5S2 ?	29 May 1952	15 Mar 1953
VP-29	BF	Lockheed -Neptune - Patrol	P2V-5 P2V-6 (P-2F)	27 Sep 1952	5 Apr 1953
VP-892		Martin - Mariner - Patrol Bomber	PBM-5	23 Nov 1950	1 Sep 1953
VP-57	BI	Lockheed -Neptune - Patrol	P2V-5	29 Mar 1953	27 Jul 1953
(Ref. U.S. Navy Deployment History Resources during the Korean Conflict/War:)

 

The U. S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet Navy Patrol Squadron deployed as of 1954:

 

Navy Patrol Squadron Deployed as of 1954 Operating in Korea or Japan – 7th Fleet

 

SQUADRON	TAIL CODE	AIRCRAFT DESIGNER	PLANE / HELO	DEPART	RETURN
VP-7	HE	Lockheed -Neptune - Patrol	P2V-5	30 Jun 1953	Jan 1954
VP-50	SE	Martin - Mariner - Patrol Bomber	PBM-5	5 Jul 1953	27 Jul 1953
(Ref. U.S. Navy Deployment History Resources during the Korean Conflict/War:)

 

  Shore Carrier-Based Marine Corps Squadrons Deployments and Deployed
                 as of 1953 Operating in the Korean Theater of Operation - 7^h Fleet

SQUARDON PRIMARY ROLE	TAIL CODE	PLANE / HELO	DEPART	RETURN
VMF(N)-513 -      Marine Night Fighter Attack squadron - VMA-513 Squadron History - Night Fighters - Flying Nightmares	WF16 WF17 WF19 WF22 WF24 WF24	F4U-5N F4U-5N F4U-5N F4U-5N                           F7F-3N F3D-2	14 Jul 1950 Tigercat Skynight	21 June 1953
VMO-6 - Marine Observation Squadron -    VMO-6 History – Klondike - rolling in hot	WB	OY-2 TBM3E 'Sentinel' HO2S-1 HTL-4 (TH-13L) Sioux  HO3S-1                                                 OE-1 (O-1B) "Bird Dog" O6-1 HO5S-1	14 Jul 1950 Convair Sikorsky Bell Cessna Observation Helicopter Observation	March 1955
VMF/VMA-323 -Marine Fighter Attack Squadron - VMF-323 AU-1 Corsair - Death Rattlers	WS-22 WS-22	F4U-4B AU-1	14 Jul 1950        F4U & AU-1 Corsair 1950-53	13 Jul 1953
VMF/VMA-212 -Marine Fighter Attack Squadron -  Lancers - Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-212 [VMFA-212]	LD	F4U-4 F4U-5                                         F4U-5N F4U-4B                                         AU-1	15 Sep 1950	Feb 1955
VMF-311 - Marine Fighter Attack Squadron -VMA-311 “Willy Lovers”/“ Tomcats”	WL2	F9F-2 F4U-4B                                      F9F-2B F9F-5	14 Nov to Dec 1950 F9F Panther/Cougar -1953-56	27 Apr 1955
VMF-234 - Marine Fighter Squadron -         Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-234 [VMGR-234]		F4U-4 F4U-4B	23 Apr 1951
VMA - 121 Marine Attack Squadron “Green Knights”	AK	AD-2 AD-3                                 AD-4	2 Oct 1951	16 Nov 1957
HMR-161 - Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 1 st Marine Air Wing	HR	HRS- HRS-2Gs H05S-1	16 Aug 1951
VMJ-1	MW	F2H-2P F9F-2P F7F-3P F4U-5P
VMC-1	RM	AD-4N 4NL AD-3N AD-2Q AD-4Q AD-4W
VMF-115 - Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-115 [VMFA-115] - Able Eagles	AE	F9F-2 F9F-4 F9F-5	Feb 1952	Jun 1953
VMA-332 Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron “Moonlighters”	MR4    MR6         MR20      MR22	F4U-4 F4U-4B	15 May 1953	23 Dec 1953
VMA-251	AL	AD-3 AD-4 AD-4B	9 Jun 1953
VMF-224  Marine Fighting Squadron “Bengals”		F2H-2 to F9F-5	10 Sep 1953	1 Dec 1954
(Ref. U.S. Navy Deployment History and Korea USMC Conflict/War Resources during the Korean Conflict/War:)
VMO-6 equipped with O6-1s and converted from the HO3Ss Sikorsky to HTL-4 Bell Helicopters in late 1951.
Many of the Marine Corps Squadrons remained permanently assigned in the Korean operating area during the Korean War.
VMO-6 equipped with twelve HO5S-1 Sikorsky helicopters July 1952

 

USMC Korea Conflict/War Resources:

RESOURCE	REF.	RESOURCE	REF.	RESOURCE	REF.
U.S. Marine Corps Aviation	140A	USN and USMC Tactical Operating in the Korean Conflict	140A	Marine Corps Aviation History	140A
U.S. Marine Corps Aviation by Maj. Gen. John P. Condon, available at the Naval History and Heritage Command, former U.S. Navy Historical Center's http://www.history.navy.mil
List of United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons ...	118	Korean War - History of Marine Corps Aviation Korea	140A	Aviation Squadrons-VMF, VMFA VMFAT & VMFT Insignia	161
Fighting Squadrons of the USMC in WWII	168	Marine Corps squadrons	165	VMF/VMA-214	109
The Nightmares of Korea: VMF(N)-513 By Steven P. Albright	215	VMA-513 Squadron History	112	VMO 6 - Marine Observation Squadron 6 - Korean War Project	167
VMO-6 History	115	VMF-323 AU-1 Corsair	116	VMF-323 - Death Rattlers Squadron USMC World War II	168A
Marine Fighting Squadron 312 (VMF-312)	117 & 160	Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-312 [VMFA-312]	163	Marine Attack Squadron-542 [VMA-542]	111
Marine Attack Squadron 542 History	166	Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-212 [VMFA-212]	111A	VMA-311 Willy Lovers/Tomcats	110
Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-234 [VMGR-234]	162	Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA) - “Green Knights” (Tail code VK) - 1960s	157A	VMA-121 - Green Knights - 1960s	110A
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron(All Weather)-121 [VMFA(AW)-121]	111D	Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA) - Green Knight - 1960s	251	Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-115 [VMFA-115]	111E
VMA-332 Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron “Moonlighters”	157F	Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA) - Green Knight History		VMF-224 Marine Fighting Squadron “Bengals”	157B
Marine Corps Aces	169	U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aces	75B	Korea 1950-1953 Significant Events: 1950	208
U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau ... 1911 to Present	137A	U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps BuNos--Third Series (60010 to 70187)	139	HISTORY AND MUSEUMS DIVISION-USMC	146
History of Marine Corps Aviation Main Page	140	U.S. Navy Ships	84B	U.S. Navy Ship Classification Symbols	39A
CV Deployments	76	U.S. Navy carriers	1	U.S. Navy Attack carriers: CV, CVA, CVB, CVL, CVAN and CVN	75D

 

    U. S. Navy Deployment History Resources during the Korean Conflict/War:

RESOURCE	REF.	RESOURCE		REF.	RESOURCE	REF.
Evolutions of Aircraft Carriers	155B1		U.S. Navy Escort carriers: AVG, ACV and CVE	75D	U.S. Navy Escort Aircraft Carriers	84C
U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers - CV/CVN	84A		Appendix 22 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aces	75B
Naval Aviation	155A1		APPENDIX 15 Evolution of Carrier Air Groups and Wings	114B	Evolution of Carrier Air Groups and Wings	75B
CV Deployments	76		CVW Deployments	76A	CVSG Deployments	75B
Appendix 6 - Lineage Listing for VA, VA(AW), VAH, VA(HM), VAK, VAL	114A		U.S. Navy Aircraft Squadron Classification Symbols	39A	Aircraft Designations and Popular Names	75B
CVG Deployments	76C		Naval Helicopters	75B	History of U.S. Naval Operations: Korea	211A
History of U.S. Naval Operations: Korea (A Note on Source Materials) - (Ref. 211)
Korean Combat Action Reports for Carrier Air Groups	75C		U.S. Navy and Marine Corp Aircraft in the Korean Conflict	75C	List of United States Navy ships	148
Naval Squadrons	76D		U.S. Marine Corps - Go Navy	76E
The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953	210A		KOREAN WAR, 1950-1953	220	Encyclopedia: Korean War	226
KOREAN WAR map final	227		The 319th FIS Association	203	35th & 80th Fighter Squadron	133
Korean War	218		Korea Web Weekly	137F	Korea 1950-1953 Significant Events: 1950	208
Europe: The Second Front	128A		Korea War Fact Sheet “HISTORY”	146	North Korea	55
Air War Korea - Events	269		The American Merchant Marine During the Korean War	130
Carrier, Carrier Based Squadrons and Non-Carrier Based Squadron Korean War order of battle – (Ref. 29)
CARRIER, CARRIER BASED SQUADRONS AND NON-CARRIER BASED SQUADRON DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE KOREAN WAR - Carrier, Air Group and Carrier Based Squadron Deployments – Squadron Aircraft tail code - Googles Search - Ref. 90
Korea War References are submitted in view of history as the Coral Sea did not participate.
This list of aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy includes all types in the main hull numbering sequence, consisting of hull classification symbols CV, CVA, CVB, CVL and CVN - Ref. 72).
For the smaller escort aircraft carriers (CVE), please see list of escort aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy” (Ref. 72).
Carrier Deployment by Year: Appendix 3 - Carrier Deployments by Year 1946 to 1990, U.S. Dept of the Navy – (Ref. 8).

 

President Truman’s Administration News:

 

Korean War: June, 1950                                  Korean War: July, 1950

Sat	Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

 

USN and USMC Tactical Aircraft Operating during the Korean Conflict

AIRCRAFT	REF.	AIRCRAFT	REF.	AIRCRAFT	REF.
AD/A-1 Skyraider (AD-4)	75D	AD-5 Skyraider	75D	AF Guardian (AF-2S)	75D
F2H Banshee	75D	F3D Skynight	75D	F4U Corsair	75D
F6F-5K Hellcat	75D	F7F-3N/P Tigercat	75D	F9F Panther	75D
Sikorsky H-5 - Sikorsky HO3S-1 'Dragonfly'	75D	HO3S-1	75D	HO4S-2	75D
HO5S-1	75D	HRS-1	75D	HRS-2	75D
HTL-4	75D	OE-1 Cessna O-1 Bird Dog (OE-1 redesignated O-1B, similar to OE-2/O-1C	75D	Convair OY-2 'Sentinel'	75D
P2V (P-2) Neptune	75D	P2V-5 (P-2) Neptune	75D	PB4Y-2 Privateer (P4Y-2)	75D
PBM Mariner	75D	TBM-3S Avenger (Korea)	75D	Sabre vs MiG F-86A-5 Sabre vs MiG-15	75D
Ref. U.S. Navy Deployment History and Korea USMC Conflict/War Resources during the Korean Conflict/War:
VMO-6 equipped with O6-1s and converted from the HO3Ss Sikorsky to HTL-4 Bell helicopters in late 1951.
Many of the Marine Corps Squadrons remained permanently assigned in the Korean operating area during the Korean War.
VMO-6 equipped with twelve HO5S-1 Sikorsky helicopters July 1952

 

KOREA THEATER OF OPERATIONS

RESOURCE	REF.	RESOURCE	REF.	RESOURCE	REF.
Korea War Fact Sheet - Chronology of the Korean War 1950-1953	146	Air War Korea - Events 1950-53	269	Korean War - History of Marine Corps Aviation Korea	140A
Korean War--Logistics & Support Activities in Korea, 1950-1953	273	Korean War--United Nations and Republic of Korea Forces	274	U.S. Air Force Units in the Korean War	176
Naval History - Photographic History Of The U.S. Navy	176	Air Power Development Centre - A Potted History of the RAAF	267	U.S. Air force F-86 Sabre – Korea War	212
Korean War Aces	199	Aerial Victories in Korea	199	History of U.S. Naval Operations: Korea	211A
Meteor Operations in Korea	213	USAF F-86 Sabre (F-86) Squadrons - 1st FDS to 97th FIS	252	War In The Air: The Royal Australian Air Force In Korea	268
USAF Historical Study No. 71 - USAF Museum	246	KOREAN WAR map final	227	The Air War	206
F-80 Shooting Star Units Over Korea	173	Air Power Development Centre - A Potted History of the RAAF	267	First American jet ace, USAF F-86 Sabre pilot “Maj. James Jabara”	233
P-47 Thunderbolts USAAF Squadron Assignments	175	MiGs versus Meteors	212	RAAF Museum - History of the RAAF	270
RAAF News	271	The U.S. Air Force’s First War: Korea 1950-1953 Significant Events	271
General George E. Stratemeyer and the Air War in Korea: Fall 1950 by Thomas Y'Blood, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force History Office (Ref. 224)
References submitted for illustration of sources but not discussed in the Coral Sea Book.