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PATROL SQUADRON 47

(VP-47)

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VP-47 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1959-APR1960West Pac
APR1962-JUN1962Alaska
AUG1964-MAR1965Sangley Point - ops in Okinawa Japan Korea P. I. Vietnam
DEC1965-JUN1966West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1966-JAN1970West Pac
JAN1968-JAN1969West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1968-MAR1969West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV1968-MAR1969West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV1969-MAY1970West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1970-JUL1970West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1970-JUL1970Naha Okinawa - Cam Rahn Bay Viet-Nam
JUL1971-DEC1971Alaska
JAN1973-JUN1973Alaska
JUL1975-Shellback Initiation - 7 JUL 1975 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1976-JUN1976West Pac
JUL1977-JAN1978Deployed to Misawa Air Force Base Japan
DEC1978-JUN1979Mediterranean-Indian Ocean
JAN1981-JUN1981West Pac
JAN1981- Shellback Initiation - 7 JAN 1981 - Pacific Ocean
MAY1982-DEC1982West Pac-Indian Ocean
AUG1984-FEB1985West Pac
JAN1986-JUL1986West Pac-Indian Ocean
AUG1997-Shellback Initiation - 1 AUG 1997 - Pacific Ocean

VP-47 General Specifications