USS TARAWA
CV 40
  
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 Date
Squadrons
Battle Group
Area of operations
Operations/
Exercises
 Ports of call
June 28, 1946 -
July 15, 1946
VF-4 
VBF-4
VB-4
VT-4
 
Homeport change
from Norfolk to
San Diego
 
 
August 1, 1946 -
April 29, 1947
VF-4 
VBF-4
VB-4
VT-4
 
Western Pacific
 
Pearl Harbor, HI
Saipan
Yokosuka, Japan
Sasebo, Japan
Okinawa
Guam
September 28, 1948 -
February 21, 1949
VF-11 
VF-12
VA-14
VF-174
 
World Cruise
 
Tsingtao, China
Hong Kong 
Singapore
Colombo, Ceylon
Bahrain
Jidda
Port Said, Egypt
Greece
Turkey
Souda Bay, Crete
Gibraltar, England
November 28, 1951 -
June 11, 1952
VF-671 
VF-742
VF-916
VF-921
VC-4 Det.
VC-62 Det.
VC-33 Det.
VC-12 Det.
HU-2 Det.
 
Mediterranean
 
 
January 7, 1953 -
July 3, 1953
VA-105 
VC-4 Det.
VC-62 Det.
VC-33 Det.
VC-12 Det.
HU-2 Det.
 
Mediterranean
 
 
November 12, 1953 -
August 19, 1954
VF-32 
VF-102
VA-35
VC-4 Det.
VC-62 Det.
VC-33 Det.
VC-12 Det.
HU-2 Det.
 
World Cruise
 
 
January 1956 -
1956
 
 
 
 
 
August 19, 1957 -
October 22, 1957
 
 
Northern Atlantic
 
 
August 7, 1958 -
September 6, 1958
 
 
Southern Atlantic
 Falkland Islands 
Argus
 
1959 -
December 14, 1959
 
 
Mediterranean