VP-56

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Patrol Squadron 56
Vp-56.jpg
VP-56 patch
Active1 July 1946-28 June 1991
CountryUnited States of America
Branch United States Department of the Navy Seal.svg United States Navy
Type squadron
Role Maritime patrol
Nickname(s)Dragons
Aircraft flown
Patrol PBY-5A Catalina
PV-2 Harpoon
PBM-5 Mariner
P5M Marlin
P2V-7/SP-2H Neptune
P-3B/C Orion

VP-56, nicknamed the Dragons, was a long-lived Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was originally established as Patrol Squadron VP-900 on 1 July 1946, redesignated Medium Patrol Squadron (Landplane) VP-ML-71 on 15 November 1946, redesignated VP-661 in February 1950, redesignated VP-56 on 4 February 1953 and disestablished on 28 June 1991. [1] It was the second squadron to be designated VP-56, the first VP-56 was redesignated OTS on 1 July 1941. [2]

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Operational history

VP-56 P5M-1s c.1954 Martin P5M-1 Marlins of VP-56 in flight, circa in 1954 (NNAM.2011.003.145.017).jpg
VP-56 P5M-1s c.1954
VP-56 P5M docks on USS Ashland in 1957 P5M docked in USS Ashland (APM-1) 1957.jpg
VP-56 P5M docks on USS Ashland in 1957
VP-56 P-2H in 1963 P-2H VP-56 1963.jpg
VP-56 P-2H in 1963
VP-56 P-3 at NAS Jacksonville in 1976 Lockheed P-3C 156527 VP-56 JAX 19.07.76 edited-2.jpg
VP-56 P-3 at NAS Jacksonville in 1976

Home port assignments

The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown: [1]

Aircraft assignment

The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown: [1]

See also

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons .

  1. 1 2 3 4 Roberts, Michael D. (2000). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 2, Chapter 3, Section 10: Patrol Squadron Histories for VP-49 to VP-61 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. pp. 308–313. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  2. Roberts, Michael D. (2000). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 2, Appendix 7: Lineage Listings for Patrol Squadrons (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. p. 773. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2003. Retrieved 2 March 2014.