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Fighter Squadron 13 (FITRON 13)
VF-13 ‘Nightcappers’
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established on August 2, 1948 disestablished
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AIRCRAFT:
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Vought
F4U-5 Corsair (1949-51) Grumman
F9F-8 Cougar (1955-56) Douglas
F4D-1 Skyray (1959-62) McDonnell
F-3H Demon (1962-64) Change-Vought
F-8E Crusader (1964-66) Change-Vought
F-8D Crusader (1966-67) Change-Vought
F-8C Crusader (1967-68) Change-Vought
F-8H Crusader (1968-69) |
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DEPLOYMENTS:
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September
1948 - February 1949 with CVG-1 aboard USS Tarawa (CV 40) September
1949 - October 1949 with CVG-1 aboard USS Philippine Sea (CV 47) December
1949 with CVG-1 aboard USS Philippine Sea (CV 47) February
1950 - March 1950 with CVG-1 aboard USS Philippine Sea (CV 47) December
1950 - January 1951 with CVG-1 aboard USS Oriskany (CV 34) March
1951 - October 1951 with CVG-1 aboard USS Coral
Sea (CV 43) August
1955 with ATG-201 aboard USS Bennington (CVA 20) September
1955 - April 1956 with ATG-201 aboard USS Bennington (CVA 20) May
1959 - June 1959 with CVG-10 aboard USS Essex (CVA 9) August
1959 - February 1960 with CVG-10 aboard USS Essex (CVA 9) June
1960 - July 1960 with CVG-10 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) August 1960 - October 1960 with CVG-10 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) January
1961 - June 1961 with CVG-10 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) February
1962 - August 1962 with CVG-10 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) October
1962 - November 1962 with CVG-7 aboard USS
Independence (CVA 62) June
1963 - July 1963 with CVG-10 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) October
1963 - May 1964 with CVG-10 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) February
1965 - September 1965 with CVW-10 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) September
1966 - May 1967 with CVW-8 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) November
1967 - August 1968 with CVW-8 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) October
1968 - December 1968 with CVW-8 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) January
1969 - July 1969 with CVW-8 aboard USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) |
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images
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F-8C Crusaders (VF-13 / CVW-8) embarked
on USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) - circa 1968
F-8C Crusaders (VF-13 / CVW-8) embarked
on USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) - circa 1968 (courtesy of the National Naval
Aviation Museum)
F-8D Crusaders (VF-13 / CVW-8) embarked
on USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) - 1967 (NNAM)
F-8D Crusaders (VF-13 / CVW-8) embarked on
USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) - 1967 (NNAM)
F-8E Crusader (VF-13 / CVW-10) embarked
on USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) - 1966 (NNAM)
F-8E Crusader (VF-13 / CVW-10) embarked
on USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) - 1965 (NNAM)
F-8E Crusader (VF-13 / CVW-10) embarked
on USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) - 1965 (NNAM)
F3H Demons (VF-13 / CVG-10) embarked on
USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) - 1963
F4D-1 Skyrays (VF-13 / CVG-10) embarked
on USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) - 1962
F4D-1 Skyrays (VF-13 / CVG-10) embarked on
USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) - 1962
F4D-1 Skyrays (VF-13 / CVG-10) embarked
on USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) - 1961 (NNAM)
F4D-1 Skyray (VF-13 / CVG-10) embarked on
USS Shangri-La (CVA 38) - 1961 (NNAM)
F4D-1 Skyrays (VF-13 / CVG-10) embarked
on USS Essex (CVA 9) - 1960
F4D-1 Skyray (VF-13 / CVG-10) approaching
USS Essex (CVA 9) - circa 1959
F4D-1 Skyray (VF-13 / CVG-10) emberked on
USS Essex (CVA 9) - circa 1959
F9F-8 Cougar (VF-13 / ATG-201) - 1954
(NNAM) |
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