US Navy Air groups - june 1941
INDEX
Pacific Fleet
Lexington
Saratoga
Enterprise
Atlantic Fleet
Yorktown
Ranger
Wasp
Long Island
Tentative air Groups
Pacific Fleet
CV-2 Lexington
| VF-2 |
F2A-2 |
Brewster |
Buffalo |
| VB-2 |
SBD-2 |
Douglas |
Dauntless |
| VS-2 |
SBC-4 |
Curtiss |
Helldiver |
| VT-2 |
TBD-1 |
Douglas |
Devastator |
CV-3 Saratoga
| VF-3 |
F2A-2 |
Brewster |
Buffalo |
| VB-3 |
SBD-3 |
Douglas |
Dauntless |
| VS-3 |
SBC-3 |
Curtiss |
Helldiver |
| VT-3 |
TBD-1 |
Douglas |
Devastator |
CV-6 Enterprise
| VF-6 |
F4F-3A |
Grumman |
Wildcat |
| VB-6 |
SBD-2 |
Douglas |
Dauntless |
| VS-6 |
SBD-2 |
Douglas |
Dauntless |
| VT-6 |
TBD-1 |
Douglas |
Devastator |
Atlantic Fleet
All Atlantic fleet squadron were mixed for the Neutrality Patrol.
CV-5 Yorktown ("on loan" from Pacific fleet)
| VF-5 |
F3F-3 |
Grumman |
|
| VB-5 |
BT-1 |
Northrop |
|
| VS-5 |
SBC-3 |
Curtiss |
Helldiver |
| VT-5 |
TBD-1 |
Douglas |
Devastator |
Yorktown was temporaly detatched from Pacific fleet to perform Neutrality Patrol in Atlantic Ocean.
VF-5 was getting the F4F-3, and VB-5 and VS-5 were converting to SBD-3 Dautless.
June 1941 Neutrality Patrol:
| VF-41 |
F4F-3 |
Grumman |
Wildcat |
| VS-41 |
SB2U-1 |
Vought |
Vindicator |
| " |
TBD-1 |
Douglas |
Devastator |
| VS-42 |
SB2U-1 |
Vought |
Vindicator |
| VT-5 |
TBD-1 |
Douglas |
Devastator |
Yorktown embarked most of the Ranger air Group, while her own squadrons were in process to re-equip with newer planes.
CV-4 Ranger
| VF-41 |
F4F-3 |
Grumman |
Wildcat |
| VF-42 |
F4F-3 |
Grumman |
Wildcat |
| VS-41 |
SB2U-1 |
Vought |
Vindicator |
| " |
TBD-1 |
Douglas |
Devastator |
| VS-42 |
SB2U-1 |
Vought |
Vindicator |
VF-41, VS-41 and VS-42 were embarked on Yorktown.
CV-7 Wasp
| VF-71 |
F4F-3 |
Grumman |
Wildcat |
| VF-72 |
F4F-3 |
Grumman |
Wildcat |
| VS-71 |
SB2U-2 |
Vought |
Vindicator |
| " |
TBD-1 |
Douglas |
Devastator |
| VS-72 |
SB2U-2 |
Vought |
Vindicator |
June 1941 Neutrality Patrol:
| VF-71 |
F4F-3 |
Grumman |
Wildcat |
| VS-72 |
SB2U-2 |
Vought |
Vindicator |
| VMB-1 |
SBD-1 |
Douglas |
Dauntless |
During the 1941 neutrality patrol all ready USN and USMC squadrons rotated between Atlantic Fleet carriers.
AVG-1 Long Island
| VS-201 |
F2A-2 |
Brewster |
Buffalo |
| ? |
SOC-3A/1A |
Curtiss |
Seagull |
Long Island was the first auxiliary carrier. She was commissione in june 1941.
She was a converted cargo, so she was considerably slower, smaller and less capable than the fleet carriers.
The F2A-2 were F2A-1 (ex VF-3 from Saratoga) converted to the later standard. By august VS-201 received newer F2A-3.
I am unsure about the presence of Seagulls.
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