US Navy Air groups 1937

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Lexington Saratoga Ranger Yorktown



CV-2 Lexington

VF-2B -> VF-2 18 F2F-1 Grumman
VB-5B -> VB-2 19 F4B-4 Boeing
VB-3B -> VB-4 (CV-4) 18 BG-1 Great Lakes
VS-3B -> VS-2 18 SBU-1 Vought



CV-3 Saratoga

VF-6B -> VF-3 19 F3F-1 Grumman
VB-2B -> VB-3 18 BFC-2 Curtiss
VS-2B -> VS-3 18 SBU-1 Vought
VS-4B -> VS-42 (CV-4) 11 SU-4 Vought
VT-2B -> VT-2 17 TG-2 Great Lakes



CV-4 Ranger

VF-5B -> VF-4 17 F3F-1 Grumman
VB-1B -> VT-2 (CV-2) 18 BM-1/2 Martin
VS-1B -> VS-41 18 SBU-1 Vought



CV-5 Yorktown (not yet completed)

VF-7B -> VF-5 6 F2F-1 Grumman
VB-7B -> VB-5 SU-3 Vought
VS-7B -> VS-5 SU-2 Vought
VT-7B -> VT-5 SU-2/3 Vought


Yorktown was commissioned on 30 september 1937
Note: All navy squadrons were renamed on 1 july 1937.
The scouting squadron that operated from cruisers became VCS instead of VS (i.e. VS-5B became VCS-2, VS-6B became VCS-3 and VS-9B to 12B and 14B became VCS-4 to 8 respectively.
Observation squadron from battleships (VO-1B to VO-4B) became VO-1 - VO-4 respectively.

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