| Add a VS-31 Shellback Initiation | Add a VS-31 Deployment - Major Event |
| Month |
Year |
to |
Month |
Year |
Deployment / Event |
| SEP | 1948 | - | SEP | 1948 | Established |
| SEP | 1953 | - | DEC | 1953 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1956 | - | AUG | 1956 | Mediterranean |
| AUG | 1958 | - | DEC | 1958 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| JAN | 1960 | - | JAN | 1965 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| JAN | 1962 | - | JUN | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| FEB | 1962 | - | JUN | 1962 | North Atlantic |
| OCT | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| OCT | 1962 | - | DEC | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| SEP | 1964 | - | DEC | 1964 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| OCT | 1964 | - | JAN | 1965 | ROYAL ORDER OF THE ROCK |
| MAY | 1966 | - | JUN | 1966 | Gemini 9 Capsule Recovery |
| JAN | 1967 | - | SEP | 1967 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| SEP | 1969 | - | NOV | 1969 | Guantanamo Bay |
| APR | 1971 | - | OCT | 1971 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| JUL | 1974 | - | JAN | 1975 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1977 | - | AUG | 1977 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1977 | - | SEP | 1977 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1979 | - | JUL | 1979 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1980 | - | DEC | 1980 | Iranian Hostage Crisis |
| APR | 1980 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 23 APR 1980 - Atlantic Ocean |
| JAN | 1982 | - | JUL | 1982 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| OCT | 1984 | - | APR | 1985 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| JAN | 2004 | - | JUL | 2004 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 2007 | - | AUG | 2007 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
