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2 Home port assignments  





3 Aircraft assignment  





4 See also  





5 References  





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Anti-Submarine Squadron 23
VS-23 squadron patch
Active1950s-27 September 1968
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Navy
RoleAnti-submarine warfare
Part ofInactive
Nickname(s)Black Cats
EngagementsKorean War
Vietnam War

VS-23 was an Anti-Submarine Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was disestablished on 27 September 1968.

Operational history

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VS-23 S-2 Tracker lands on USS Yorktown c.1964

From 19 June-2 December 1958, VS-23 was assigned to USS Princeton for a Western Pacific deployment.

From 1961-68, VS-25 and VS-25 Golden Eagles were part of Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 55 (CVSG-55), assigned to USS Yorktown.

VS-23 was embarked on USS Yorktown for three Vietnam deployments:[1]

On 17 March 1968, an S-2E disappeared on a night anti-submarine patrol. Four days later, aircraft wreckage was recovered, and assumed to be from the plane. All four crewmen were listed as killed in action, but their bodies were never recovered.[2]

Home port assignments

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The squadron was assigned to these home ports:

Aircraft assignment

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Carrier, Carrier Based Squadrons and Non-Carrier Based Squadron Deployments to Vietnam" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. 1995. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  • ^ "U.S. Unaccounted-For from the Vietnam War (Sorted by Name) Prisoners of War, Missing in Action and Killed in Action/Body not Recovered" (PDF). Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
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