Attack Squadron 174
"Battering Rams"
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Linage |
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| 1. April 1944 | VB-82 Established at NAS Wildwood |
| 15. November 1946 | VB-82 was redesignated VA-17A |
| 1. September 1948 | VA-17A was redesignated VA-174 |
| 25. January 1950 | VA-174 Disestablished at NAAS Cecil Field FL |
| Planes: |
1944
- 1945
SB2C-3E
1945-
1948
SB2C-5
1948
- 1949
AM-1
1949
- 1950
AD-3
| VB-82, VA-17A, VA-174 Deployments | ||||
| VB-82 | ||||
| September 1944 - September 1944 | CV-20 USS Bennington | CVG-82 | SB2C-3 | - |
| 16. October 1944 - 17. November 1944 | CV-20 USS Bennington | CVG-82 | SB2C-3 | - |
| 15. December 1944 - 7. January 1945 | CV-20 USS Bennington | CVG-82 | SB2C-4E | - |
| 29. January 1945 - 17. June 1945 | CV-20 USS Bennington | CVG-82 | SB2C-4E | - |
| 22. October 1946 - 21. December 1946 | CV-15 USS Randolph | CVG-82 | SB2C-5 | 82-B-0 |
| VA-18A | ||||
| 2. February 1947 - 19. March 1947 | CV-15 USS Randolph | CVAG-17 | SB2C-5 | R 300 |
| 20. May 1947 - 11. August 1947 | CV-15 USS Randolph | CVAG-17 | SB2C-5 | R 300 |
| 7. June 1948 - 6. August 1948 | CVB-43 USS Coral Sea | CVAG-17 | SB2C-5 | R 300 |
| VB-82, VA-17A, VA-174 Commanding Officers | ||
| LCDR Samuel R. Brown, Jr. | 1. Apr. 1944 | 31. Dec. 1944 |
| LCDR Hugh Wood, Jr. (acting) | 31. Dec. 1944 | 11. Jan. 1945 |
| LCDR Hugh Wood, Jr. | 11. Jan. 1945 | 11. Jul. 1945 |
| LT J. A. Derby (acting) | 11. Jul. 1945 | 4. Sep. 1945 |
| LT Harry R. McRae, Jr. (acting) | 4. Sep. 1945 | 13. Oct. 1945 |
| LCDR Hugh Wood, Jr. | 13. Oct. 1945 | 2. Apr. 1948 |
| LCDR Robert E. Farkas | 2. Apr. 1948 | 10. Jun. 1949 |
| LCDR William R. Pittman | 10. Jun. 1949 | 14. Dec. 1949 |
| LCDR Harold E. Vita | 14. Dec. 1949 | 25. Jan 1950 |
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History |
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