USS TARAWA CV 40 |
Date |
Squadrons |
Battle Group |
Area of operations |
Operations/ Exercises |
Ports of call |
June 28, 1946 - July 15, 1946 |
VF-4 |
Homeport change from Norfolk to San Diego |
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August 1, 1946 - April 29, 1947 |
VF-4 |
Western Pacific |
Pearl Harbor, HI Saipan Yokosuka, Japan Sasebo, Japan Okinawa Guam |
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September 28, 1948 - February 21, 1949 |
VF-11 |
World Cruise |
Tsingtao, China Hong Kong Singapore Colombo, Ceylon Bahrain Jidda Port Said, Egypt Greece Turkey Souda Bay, Crete Gibraltar, England |
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November 28, 1951 - June 11, 1952 |
VF-671 |
Mediterranean |
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January 7, 1953 - July 3, 1953 |
VA-105 |
Mediterranean |
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November 12, 1953 - August 19, 1954 |
VF-32 |
World Cruise |
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January 1956 - 1956 |
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August 19, 1957 - October 22, 1957 |
Northern Atlantic |
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August 7, 1958 - September 6, 1958 |
Southern Atlantic Falkland Islands |
Argus |
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1959 - December 14, 1959 |
Mediterranean |