VPB-23

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Patrol Bombing Squadron 23
Consolidated P2Y VP-10F in flight 1930s.jpeg
VP-10F P2Y in the 1930s
Active1 July 1930 – 25 January 1946
CountryUnited States of America
Branch United States Department of the Navy Seal.svg United States Navy
Type squadron
Role Maritime patrol
Engagements World War II
Aircraft flown
Patrol T4M
PM-1
P2Y-1/2/3
PBY-2/5/5A

VPB-23 was a patrol bombing squadron of the U.S. Navy. The squadron was established as Patrol Squadron 10-S (VP-10S) on 1 July 1930, redesignated Patrol Squadron 10-F (VP-10F) on 17 July 1933, redesignated Patrol Squadron 10 (VP-10) on 1 October 1937, redesignated Patrol Squadron 25 (VP-25) on 1 July 1939, redesignated Patrol Squadron 23 (VP-23) on 1 August 1941, redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron 23 (VPB-23) on 1 October 1944 and disestablished on 25 January 1946. [1]

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Operational history

VP-10S P2Y in 1932 Martin P3M-2.jpg
VP-10S P2Y in 1932
VP-10F P2Ys at Ford Island in 1934 P2Ys VP-10F at Pearl Harbor 1934.jpg
VP-10F P2Ys at Ford Island in 1934

Aircraft assignments

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

Home port assignments

The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective 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 Roberts, Michael D. (2000). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 2, Chapter 4 Patrol Bombing Squadron (VPB) Histories (VPB-17 to VPB-29). Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. pp. 428–34. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2016.