| Add a VP-23 Shellback Initiation | Add a VP-23 Deployment - Major Event |
| Month |
Year |
to |
Month |
Year |
Deployment / Event |
| APR | 1948 | - | OCT | 1948 | NAS Argentia |
| JAN | 1961 | - | AUG | 1962 | Mediterranean |
| JUL | 1962 | - | JAN | 1963 | Sigonella Sicily |
| SEP | 1963 | - | JAN | 1964 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| OCT | 1963 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 15 OCT 1963 - Atlantic Ocean |
| OCT | 1964 | - | DEC | 1964 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| OCT | 1964 | - | MAR | 1965 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| JUN | 1969 | - | OCT | 1969 | Sigonella, Sicily |
| OCT | 1970 | - | APR | 1971 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| OCT | 1971 | - | APR | 1972 | Signonella Sicily |
| JAN | 1973 | - | JUN | 1973 | Sicily |
| APR | 1978 | - | OCT | 1978 | Mediterranean - NAS Rota |
| SEP | 1979 | - | MAR | 1980 | North Atlantic |
| FEB | 1981 | - | AUG | 1981 | North Atlantic |
| MAR | 1982 | - | AUG | 1982 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1983 | - | NOV | 1983 | NAS Bermuda/Panama Canal |
| JUL | 1983 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 25 JUL 1983 - Atlantic Ocean |
| AUG | 1983 | - | SEP | 1983 | Panama Canal |
| OCT | 1983 | - | NOV | 1983 | Grenada |
| MAY | 1987 | - | NOV | 1987 | North Atlantic |
| DEC | 1988 | - | JUN | 1989 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| FEB | 1990 | - | MAY | 1990 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
