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to end of pageDeployments of USS TARAWA:
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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| June 28, 1946 | July 15, 1946 |  | CVG-4 | VF-4 (F4U-4) VBF-4 (F4U-4) VB-4 (SB2C-5) VT-4 (TBM-3E/3Q) | T | changed homeport from Norfolk to San Diego via Panama Canal | |||
| August 1, 1946 | April 29, 1947 | CVG-4 | VF-4 (F4U-4) VBF-4 (F4U-4) VB-4 (SB2C-5) VT-4 (TBM-3E/3Q) | T | Western Pacific | ||||
| October 1, 1948 | February 21, 1949 |  | CVG-1 | VF-11 (F8F-1) VF-12 (F8F-1) VA-14 (F4U-4) VF-174 (F4U-4) | T | World Cruise | USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD 808) USS Hawkins (DD 873) | Pearl Harbor, Hi. Tsingtao, China Hong Kong Singapore Colombo, Ceylon Manama, Bahrain Jidda, Saudi Arabia Athens, Greece Istanbul, Turkey Souda Bay, Crete, Greece Gibraltar | |
| November 28, 1951 | June 11, 1952 | CVG-8 | VF-671 (F4U-4) VF-742 (F4U-4) VF-916 (F4U-4) VF-921 (F4U-4) VC-4 Det. 32 (F4U-5N) VC-62 Det. 32 VC-33 Det. 32 (AD-4N) VC-12 Det. 32 (AD-4W) HU-2 Det. 32 | E | Mediterranean | Gibraltar Augusta, Sicily, Italy Cannes, France Palma, Mallorca, Spain Oran, Algeria Palermo, Sicily, Italy Genoa, Italy Naples, Italy La Spezia, Italy Athens, Greece Souda Bay, Crete, Greece Istanbul, Turkey Aranci Bay, Sardinia, Italy | |||
| January 7, 1953 | July 3, 1953 |  | CVG-10 | VA-105 (AD-4/4NA) VC-4 Det. (F4U-5NL) VF-73 VMF-114 (F4U-5N/NL) VC-12 Det. (AD-4W) VC-33 Det. (AD-4N/4Q) VC-62 Det. (F2H-2P) HU-2 Det. | P | Mediterranean | Operation Rendezvous | Oran, Algeria Palermo, Sicily, Italy Golfe Juan, France Naples, Italy Athens, Greece Istanbul, Turkey Barcelona, Spain Algiers, Algeria Ajaccio, Corsica, France | |
| November 12, 1953 | August 19, 1954 |  | CVG-3 | VF-32 (F9F-6) VF-43 (F9F-5) VF-102 (F9F-5) VA-35 (AD-6) VC-4 Det. 38 (F2H-3) VC-62 Det. 38 (F2H-2P) VC-33 Det. 38 (AD-4N) VC-12 Det. 38 (AD-4W) HU-2 Det. 38 (HO3S-1) | K | World Cruise | Algiers, Algeria Naples, Italy La Spezia, Italy Genoa, Italy Cannes, France Valencia, Spain Columbo, Ceylon Singapore Yokosuka, Japan Sasebo, Japan Melbourne, Australia Sydney, Australia Wellington, New Zealand | ||
| August 19, 1957 | October 22, 1957 |  | VS-32 (S2F) HS-1 (HSS-1) VA-172 Det. 38 (F2H-2) VF(AW)-4 Det. 38 HU-2 Det. 38 (HUP) | Northern Atlantic | Operation Sea-Spray Exercise Strikeback Exercise Pipedown | Plymouth, UK Rotterdam, The Netherlands | |||
| August 7, 1958 | September 6, 1958 | VS-32 (S2F-1/2) HS-5 (HSS-1) | Southern Atlantic, Falkland Islands | Secret Operation Argus |
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