U.S. Seventh Fleet Korean War order of battle

This is the United States Seventh Fleet
United States Seventh Fleet
The Seventh Fleet is the United States Navy's permanent forward projection force based in Yokosuka, Japan, with units positioned near Japan and South Korea. It is a component fleet force under the United States Pacific Fleet. At present, it is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets, with...

Korean War order of battle.

- Task Force 70
  - Task Group 70.6 Fleet Air Wing One
    - VP-1 7 August 1950 – 13 November 1950; April 1951-29 August 1951
    - VP-6 27 July 1951 – 15 January 1952
    - VP-28 14 July 1950 – 10 August 1950; 28 March 1951 – 11 October 1951; 26 May 1952 – 1 December 1952
    - VP-28 Detachment Able 11 October 1951 – 13 December 1951
    - VP-42 19 July 1950 – 10 August 1950
    - VP-46
      VP-46
      Patrol Squadron 46 , also known as the "Grey Knights", is a maritime patrol squadron of the United States Navy based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Part of Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing Ten, VP-46 is the oldest maritime patrol squadron and the second oldest aircraft squadron in the entire U.S...
      
      1 December 1950 – 6 February 1951
    - VP-47
      VP-47
      Patrol Squadron 47 , also known as "The Golden Swordsmen", is a maritime patrol squadron of the United States Navy based at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, attached to Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing Two. The squadron currently flies the P-3C Orion, and is scheduled to transition to...
      
      Detachment 7 July 1950 – 1 January 1951
    - VP-731 7 February 1951 – 13 August 1951
    - VP-892 12 February 1952 – 18 September 1952
  - Fleet Air Wing Six 4 August 1950 – End of war
    - VP-1 29 March 1952 – 5 October 1952; 27 May 1953 – End of war
    - VP-2 1 August 1951 – 2 December 1951
    - VP-6 7 July 1950 – 12 February 1951
    - VP-7 28 June 1953 – End of war
    - VP-9
      VP-9
      Patrol Squadron 9 is a U.S. Navy patrol squadron located at Marine Corps Base Hawaii between the towns of Kailua and Kaneohe, in Honolulu County, Hawaii. As of 2011, it appears to be part of Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing Two, Commander, Naval Air Forces, Pacific.-See also:* History of the United...
      
      27 June 1952 – 3 January 1953
    - VP-17 4 February 1953 – 1 August 1953
    - VP-29 27 September 1952 – 5 April 1953
    - VP-40 15 May 1951 – 12 December 1951
    - VP-42 11 August 1950 – 9 April 1951; 22 November 1951 – 11 June 1952
    - VP-46
      VP-46
      Patrol Squadron 46 , also known as the "Grey Knights", is a maritime patrol squadron of the United States Navy based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Part of Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing Ten, VP-46 is the oldest maritime patrol squadron and the second oldest aircraft squadron in the entire U.S...
      
      25 September 1951 – 2 April 1952; 1 March 1953 – End of war
    - VP-47
      VP-47
      Patrol Squadron 47 , also known as "The Golden Swordsmen", is a maritime patrol squadron of the United States Navy based at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, attached to Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing Two. The squadron currently flies the P-3C Orion, and is scheduled to transition to...
      
      Detachment 7 July 1950 – 1 January 1951; 26 July 1951 – 4 March 1952; 22 November 1952 – 1 June 1953
    - VP-50 Detachment 1 June 1953 – End of war
    - VP-731 29 May 1952 – 8 December 1952
    - VP-772 1 January 1951 – 3 August 1951
    - VP-871 October 1951-7 July 1952
    - VP-892 23 November 1950 – 9 June 1951
    - RAF No. 88 Squadron Detachment
    - RAF No. 205 Squadron Detachment
    - RAF No. 209 Squadron Detachment
- Task Force 72
  Task Force 72
  Task Force 72 is an international association of Radio controlled model boat builders, all building in the common scale of 1:72 .- History :...
  
  Formosa Patrol 12 September 1950
- Task Force 77
  Task Force 77
  Task Force 77 has been the aircraft carrier battle/strike force of the Seventh Fleet in the United States Navy since the Seventh Fleet was formed....
  - Carrier Division One
    Carrier Strike Group One
    Carrier Strike Group One, abbreviated as CSG-1, CARSTRKGRU 1, is one of six U.S. Navy carrier strike groups currently assigned to the United States Pacific Fleet. U.S...
    
    (USN)
    - USS Essex
      USS Essex (CV-9)
      USS Essex was an aircraft carrier, the lead ship of the 24-ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in December 1942, Essex participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning the...
      
      18 August 1951 – 7 March 1952
      - US Air Group 5
        Carrier Air Wing Five
        Carrier Air Wing Five , is a United States Navy aircraft carrier air wing based at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan. The air wing is attached to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington .-Mission:...
  - Carrier Division Three
    Carrier Strike Group Three
    Carrier Strike Group Three, abbreviated CSG-3 or CARSTRKGRU 3, is one of six U.S. Navy carrier strike groups currently assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet. U.S...
    
    (USN)
  - US Carrier Division 5
    - USS Essex
      USS Essex (CV-9)
      USS Essex was an aircraft carrier, the lead ship of the 24-ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in December 1942, Essex participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning the...
      
      27 July 1952 –
  - US Cruiser Division 1
  - US Cruiser Division 3
  - US Cruiser Division 5
    - USS Essex
      USS Essex (CV-9)
      USS Essex was an aircraft carrier, the lead ship of the 24-ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in December 1942, Essex participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning the...
      
      26 June 1951 – 25 March 1952; 16 June 1952 – 6 February 1953
    - USS Boxer
      USS Boxer (CV-21)
      USS Boxer was one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. She was the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for a British ship captured by the Americans during the War of 1812...
      
      24 August 1950 – 11 November 1950; 2 March 1951 – 24 October 1951; 8 February 1952 – 26 September 1952; 30 March 1953 – End of war
    - USS Bon Homme Richard 10 May 1951 – 17 December 1951; 20 May 1952 – 8 January 1953
    - USS Leyte
      USS Leyte (CV-32)
      USS Leyte was one of 24 s built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the third US Navy ship to bear the name. Leyte was commissioned in April 1946, too late to serve in World War II...
      
      6 September 1950 – 3 February 1951
    - USS Kearsarge
      USS Kearsarge (CV-33)
      USS Kearsarge was one of 24 s completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the third US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for a Civil War-era steam sloop. Kearsarge was commissioned in March 1946...
      
      11 August 1952 – 17 March 1953
    - USS Oriskany
      USS Oriskany (CV-34)
      USS Oriskany – nicknamed Mighty O, The O-boat, and Toasted O – was one of 24 s completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the third US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the Revolutionary War Battle of Oriskany.The history of...
      
      15 September 1952 – 18 May 1953
    - USS Antietam
      USS Antietam (CV-36)
      USS Antietam was one of 24 s built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the second US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the American Civil War Battle of Antietam . Antietam was commissioned in January 1945, too late to actively serve in World...
      
      8 September 1951 – 2 May 1952
    - USS Princeton
      USS Princeton (CV-37)
      USS Princeton was one of 24 s built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the Revolutionary War Battle of Princeton...
      
      9 November 1950 – 29 May 1951; 31 May 1951 – 29 August 1951; 21 March 1952 – 3 November 1952; 24 January 1953 – End of war
    - USS Lake Champlain
      USS Lake Champlain (CV-39)
      USS Lake Champlain was one of 24 s completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. She was the second US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812....
      
      26 April 1953 – End of war
    - USS Valley Forge
      USS Valley Forge (CV-45)
      USS Valley Forge was one of 24 s built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the first US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for Valley Forge, the 1777–1778 winter encampment of General George Washington's Continental Army...
      
      25 June 1950 – 1 December 1950; 6 December 1950 – 7 April 1951; 15 October 1951 – 3 July 1952; 20 November 1952 – 25 June 1953
    - USS Philippine Sea
      USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)
      USS Philippine Sea was one of 24 s built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the first US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea. Philippine Sea was commissioned in May 1946, too late to serve in World War II...
      
      5 July 1950 – 26 March 1951; 28 March 1951 – 9 June 1951; 31 December 1951 – 8 August 1952; 15 December 1952 – End of war
    - USS Bataan
      USS Bataan (CVL-29)
      USS Bataan , originally planned as USS Buffalo and also classified as CV-29, was an 11,000 ton Independence class light aircraft carrier which was commissioned in the United States Navy during World War II....
      
      16 November 1950 – 25 June 1951; 27 January 1952 – 26 August 1952; 28 October 1952 – 26 May 1953
  - Task Group 77.3 Formosa Patrol 20 July 1950 – 11 September 1950
  - Task Group 77.7 Replenishment Group
- Task Force 79 Service Squadron 3 21 July 1950

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