USS Bennington (CVS-20) - VA-113 DET-Q, Attack Squadron 113 Detachment Q

Attack Squadron 113 Detachment Q
VA-113 DET-Q

USS Benningtion West Pacific Cruise Vietnam
March 22, 1965 - October 7, 1965

Lieutenant Commander
Charles William Darcey Ward III
Officer-in-Charge

USS Bennington (CVS-20) Room
Aboard the USS Hornet Museum
Docked at the former NAS Alameda

USS BENNINGTON
Time Line: Vietnam

Precedence of Awards
is from top to bottom, left to right

Top Row: Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) / China Service Medal
2nd Row: American Campaign Medal / Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3 stars) / World War II Victory Medal
3rd Row: Navy Occupation Service Medal ("Asia" clasp) / National Defense Service Medal (2) / Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2)
4th Row: Vietnam Service Medal (4 stars) / Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Gallantry Cross Medal with Palm) / Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

USS Benningtion West Pacific Cruise Vietnam
March 22, 1965 - October 7, 1965

March:
22
23 - 31
April:
1 - 9
10 - 18
19
20 - 30
May:
1 - 3
4 - 9
10 - 12
13 - 21
22 - 24
25 - 27
28 - June 2
June:
3 - 4
5 - 10
11 - 13
14 - 20
21 - 25
26 - 30

1965
Underway From Long Beach
Enroute Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Operational Readiness Evaluation
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Underway for West-Pac
Enroute

Yokosuka, Japan
Enroute
Manila, Philippine Islands
Operation "Seahorse"
Bangkok, Thailand
Enroute
Subic Bay, Philippine Islands

Enroute
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
Enroute
Sasebo, Japan
Operation "Cross-Tee"
Hakodate, Japan

July:
1 - 9
10
11 - 13
14 - 19
20 - 29
30 - 31
August:
1 - 18
19 - 20
20 - 24
25 - 26
27 - 31
September:
1 - 9 .
10 - 18
19 - 22
23
24 - 30
October:
1 - 6
7

1965
Enroute
Buckner Bay, Okinawa
Enroute
Yokosuka, Japan
Enroute Station Off Vietnam
On Station

On Station
Enroute
Subic Bay, Philippine Islands
Enroute Station Off Vietnam
On Station

On Station
Enroute
Yokosuka, Japan
Underway for CONUS
Enroute Home

Enroute Home
Arrive Long Beach, California

NAS Alameda Naval Air Museum

USS Hornet Museum

When Va-113 Det Q returned to the United States, it disbanded and merged with Antisubmarine Warfare Fighter Squadron One (VSF-1).
The newly formed Squadron was stationed at Naval Air Station Alameda on the beautiful San Francisco Bay.

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