Attack Squadron 54
"Copperheads", "Hell’s Angels"
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Linage |
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| 26. March 1945 | VBF-153 Established at NAS Wildwood VA |
| 15. November 1946 | VBF-153 redesignated as VF-16A |
| 15. July 1948 | VF-16A redesignated as VF-152 |
| 15. February 1950 | VF-152 redesignated as VF-54 |
| 15. June 1956 | VF-54 redesignated as VA-54 |
| 1. April 1958 | VA-54 Disestablished at NAS Miramar CA. |
| Planes: |
F4U-1, F4U-4
F6F-5
F8F-1
F4U-4B
AD-1, AD-4
AD-5, AD-6, 7
F9F-8B
| VBF-153, VF-16A, VF-152, VF-54, VA-54 Deployments | ||||
| VF-16A | ||||
| 31.March 1947 - 8. October 1947 | CV-36 USS Antietam | CVAG-15 | F6F-5 | A 200 |
| VF-54 | ||||
| 1.May 1950 - 1. December 1950 | CV-45 USS Valley Forge | CVG-5 | F4U-4B | S 400 |
| 26. June 1951 - 25. March 1951 | CV-9 USS Essex | CVG-5 | AD-2, AD-4 | S 400 |
| 20. November 1952 - 25. June 1953 | CV-45 USS Valley Forge | CVG-5 | AD-4 | S 400 |
| 12. March 1954 - 19. November 1954 | CV-47 Philippine Sea | CVG-5 | AD-4, AD-4L | S 400 |
| 29. October 1955 - 17. May 1956 | CVA-33 USS Kearsage | CVG-5 | AD-6 | S 400 |
| VA-54 | ||||
| 12. July 1957 - 9. December 1957 | CVA-31 USS B. H. Richard | CVG-5 | AD-6 | NF 400 |
| Pictures |
| VBF-153, VF-16A, VF-152, VF-54, VA-54 Commanding Officers | ||
| LCdr. Hayden M. Jensen | 26. March 1945 | 1. May 1947 |
| LCdr. Levern E. Forkner | 1. May 1947 | 9. July 1948 |
| Cdr. Robert G. Boyd | 9. July 1948 | 1. December 1949 |
| LCdr. Douglas K. English | 1. December 1949 | 16. January 1951 |
| LCdr. Paul N. Gray | 16. January 1951 | 27. June 1952 |
| LCdr. Henry Suerstedt, Jr. | 27. June 1952 | 21. July 1953 |
| LCdr. Christian Fink | 21. July 1953 | December 1954 |
| Cdr. Donald E. Bruce | December 1954 | September 1955 |
| Cdr. Frank M. McLinn | September 1955 | June 1956 |
| Cdr. William A. Lewiston | June 1956 | 16. December 1957 |
| Cdr. Emmit W. Blackburn | 16. December 1957 | 1. April 1958 |
