USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
CV 42

 Date

Squadrons

Battle Group

Area of operations

Operations/
Exercises

 Ports of call

January 8, 1946 -
March 19, 1946

VF-75 
VBF-75 
VB-75 
VT-75

Southern Atlantic

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

August 8, 1946 -
October 4, 1946

VF-75 
VBF-75 
VB-75 
VT-75

Mediterranean

Piraeus, Greece

September 13, 1948 -
January 23, 1949

VF-41 
VF-42 
VA-44 
VA-45 

Mediterranean

October 27, 1949 -
November 23, 1949

VF-61 
VF-62 
VF-63

Northern Atlantic

January 10, 1951 -
May 18, 1951

VA-25 
VC-62 Det.
VC-33 Det.
VC-12 Det.
HU-2 Det.

Mediterranean

September 3, 1951 -
February 4, 1952

VA-175 
VC-62 Det.
VC-33 Det.
VC-12 Det.
HU-2 Det.

Mediterranean

August 26, 1952 -
December 19, 1952

VF-172 
VF-174 
VA-175 
VC-62 Det.
VC-33 Det.
VC-12 Det.
HU-2 Det.

Northern Atlantic
Mediterranean

June 11, 1953 -
December 3, 1953

VF-12 
VA-15 
VC-62 Det. 
VC-33 Det.
VC-12 Det.
HU-2 Det.

Mediterranean

January 7, 1954 -
March 5, 1954

Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean

Transit from 
Norfolk, Va, 
to Puget Sound 
Naval Shipyard, 
Bremerton, Wash., 
for SCB-110 
conversion. 

July 12, 1957 -
March 5, 1958

VF-74 
VF-171 
VAH-3 
VA-175 
VAW-12 Det.
VFP-62 Det.
HU-2 Det

Mediterranean

February 13, 1959 -
September 1, 1959

VF-14 
VMF(AW)-114 
VA-172 
VA-15 
VAH-11 
VAW-12 Det.
VFP-62 Det. 
HU-2 Det.

Mediterranean

January 28, 1960 -
August 24, 1960

VF-14 
VF-11 
VA-172 
VA-46 
VA-15 
VAH-11 
VAW-12 Det.
VFP-62 Det. 
HU-2 Det.

Mediterranean

February 15, 1961 -
August 28, 1961

VF-14 
VF-11 
VA-172 
VA-12
VA-15 
VAH-11 
VAW-12 Det.
VFP-62 Det. 
HU-2 Det.

Mediterranean

September 14, 1962 -
April 22, 1963

VF-14 
VF-11 
VA-172 
VA-12
VA-15 
VAH-11 
VAW-12 Det.
VFP-62 Det. 
HU-2 Det.

Mediterranean

April 28, 1964 -
December 23, 1964

VF-14 
VF-11 
VA-172 
VA-12
VA-15 
VAH-11 
VAW-12 Det.
VFP-62 Det. 
HU-2 Det.

Mediterranean

June 28, 1965 -
December 17, 1965

VF-14 
VF-11 
VA-172 
VA-12
VA-?
VAH-10
VAW-12 Det.
VFP-62 Det. 
HU-2 Det.

Mediterranean

Lafayette IX

 June 21, 1966 -
February 21, 1967

VF-14 
VF-32 
VA-172 
VA-12 
VA-72 
VAH-10 Det. 42 
VAW-12 Det. 42 
VFP-62 Det. 42 
VQ-1 Det. 42* 
VAW-13 Det. 42* 
HC-2 Det. 42

Vietnam

August 24, 1967 -
May 19, 1968

VF-14 
VF-32
VA-172 
VA-12
VA-72
VAH-10
VAW-12 Det. 42
VFP-62 Det. 
HU-2 Det.

Mediterranean

January 2, 1970 -
July 27, 1970

VF-41 
VF-84 
VA-15 
VA-87 
VA-176 
VAQ-130 Det. 42 
VAW-121 Det. 42 
VFP-63 Det. 42 
HC-2 Det. 42

Mediterranean

January 29, 1971 -
July 28, 1971

VF-41 
VF-84 
VA-15 
VA-87 
VA-176 
VAQ-135 Det. 1
VAW-121 Det. 42 
VFP-63 Det. 42 
HC-2 Det. 42

Mediterranean

Athens, Greece
Rhodes, Greece

February 15, 1972 -
December 11, 1972

VF-41 
VF-84 
VA-15 
VA-87 
VA-176 
VAQ-130 Det. 42 
VAW-121 Det. 42 
VFP-63 Det. 42 
HC-2 Det. 42

Mediterranean

September 14, 1973 -
March 17, 1974

VF-41 
VA-15 
VA-87 
VA-176 
VAW-?
VFP-63 Det. 
HC-2 Det.

Mediterranean

January 3, 1975 -
July 16, 1975

VF-41
VF-84 
VA-15 
VA-87 
VA-176 
VAW-?
VFP-63 Det. 2
HC-2 Det.

Mediterranean

October 4, 1976 -
April 21, 1977

VF-51 
VF-111 
VA-153 
VA-215 
VA-155 
VMA-231 
RVAW-110 Det. 4 
VFP-63 Det. 
HC-2 Det.

Mediterranean