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AIRANTISUBRON 38

(VS-38)

RED GRIFFINS

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VS-38 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAR1952-MAR1953Korean War
APR1955-OCT1955West Pac
JUL1957-SEP1957West Pac
JAN1961-JUL1961West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1962-JUL1962West Pac
MAY1962-MAY1962West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1964-AUG1964West Pac
MAR1965-NOV1965West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1967-SEP1967West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1967- Shellback Initiation - 24 APR 1967 - Pacific Ocean
APR1967- Shellback Initiation - 24 APR 1967 - Pacific Ocean
APR1967- Shellback Initiation - 24 APR 1967 - Pacific Ocean
AUG1967-NOV1967Picked up thr Appollo 4 spacecraft off Hawaii in November 1967
APR1968-OCT1968West Pac-Viet Nam
JUL1968- Shellback Initiation - 21 JUL 1968 - Pacific Ocean
MAR1971-JUL1971West Pac
MAY1972-JUL1972West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV1973-SEP1974West Pac
MAY1975-DEC1975West Pac
JAN1978-JAN1978West Pac
APR1978-OCT1978West Pac-Indian Ocean
JUL1978- Shellback Initiation - 27 JUL 1978 - Indian Ocean
JAN1980-OCT1980West Pac-Indian Ocean
JAN1980-OCT1980beer day after spending 110 days at sea
JAN1980-OCT1980iran hostig crissis
JAN1980-OCT1980ran into tanker while going thru straights onboard cv64
JAN1980-OCT1980rimpac 80
JAN1980-OCT1980West Pac-Indian Ocean
JUN1980-Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1980 - Indian Ocean
SEP1981-MAY1982West Pac-Indian Ocean
FEB1984-AUG1984West Pac-Indian Ocean
FEB1984-AUG1984Collided with Russian Sub while on USS KIttyhawk
JUN1984- Shellback Initiation - 15 JUN 1984 - Indian Ocean
JUL1987-DEC1987West Pac-Indian Ocean
NOV1987-Shellback Initiation - 15 NOV 1987 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1987-Shellback Initiation - 10 NOV 1987 - Indian Ocean
NOV1988-Shellback Initiation - 15 NOV 1988 - Indian Ocean
MAR1989-NOV1989Middle Pacific
DEC1990-JUN1991Desert Storm
JUL1992-JAN1993West Pac-Indian Ocean
APR1997-OCT1997West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
APR1997-Shellback Initiation - 17 APR 1997 - Pacific Ocean
APR1997-Shellback Initiation - 17 APR 1997 - Indian Ocean
MAY1999-DEC1999West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
MAR2001-SEP2001West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
APR2002-Shellback Initiation - 1 APR 2002 - Indian Ocean
DEC2002-JUN2003West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf

VS-38 General Specifications