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CV-36 USS Antietam
CV-36 USS Antietam

Class

Essex class "Long Hull"

Builder

Philadelphia Navy Yard

Philadelphia

Laid down

15. March 1943

Launched

20. August 1944

Commissioned

28. January 1945

  
Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign    

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NS Norfolk VA
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CVG-89
13. June 1945 - 19. June 1945
Transit to Pearl Harbor
VF-89 F6F-5, F6F-5P H
VBF-89 F4U-4 H
VB-89 SB2-4E H
VT-89 TBM-3E H
last update 20. November 2007
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CVG-89
12. August 1945 - 1. September 1945
West Pacific 
VF-89 F6F-5, F6F-5P H
VBF-89 F4U-4 H
VB-89 SB2-4E H
VT-89 TBM-3E H
last update 20. November 2007
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CVG-19

20. April 1946 - 9. August 1946

West Pacific

VF-19

F8F-1, F6F-5P, F6F-5N

A 100

VFB-19

F4U4

A 200

VB-19

SB2C-5

A 300

VT-19

TBM-3E

A 400
last update 3. January 2007
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CVAG-15

31.March 1947 - 8. October 1947

West Pacific

VF-15A

F6F-5

A 100

VF-16A

F6F-5

A 200

VA-15A

SB2C-5

A 300

VA-16A

TBM-3E / -3W

A 400

last update 1. January 2007

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Decommissioned

12. Juni 1948

Recommissioned

17. January 1951
CVG-8
16. January 1951 - 20. July 1951
Caribbean Shakedown
VF-671 F4U-4 E 100
VF-172 (on CVB-43 with CVG-17) F2H-2 R 200
VF-742 F4U-4 E 200
VC-12 Det. ? NE 00
VC-33 Det. ? SS 00
VC-62 Det. ? TL 00
HU-2 Det. HO3S-1 UR 00
last update 24. November 2007
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CVG-15

8. September 1951 - 2. May 1952

West Pacific (Korea)

VF-713

F4U-4

H 200

VF-831

F9F-2

H 300

VF-837

F9F-2B

H 400

VA-728

AD-4L

H 500

VC-3 Det. D

F4U-5N

NP 00

VC-11 Det. D

AD-4W

ND 30

VC-35 Det. D

AD-4N

NR 90

VC-61 Det. D

F9F-2P

PP 80

HU-1 Det. D

HO3S-1

UP 40

last update 1. January 2007

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Redesiganation from CV-36 to CVA-36

1. October 1952
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11. June 1953 - 21. July 1953
North Atlantic (Deck Trials)
VF-84 F9F-5 E 200
VS-27 AF-2S, AF-2W SM 00
VC-4 Det. 39 F3D-2 NA 600
HU-2 Det. 39 HUP-1 UR 00
last update 8. August 2008
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Redesiganation from CVA-36 to CVS-36

8, August 1953
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13. February 1954 - 29. March 1954
?
VS-39 AF-2S, AF-2W SN 00
VC-4 Det. 39 F4U-5N NA 00
HS-1 Det. 39 HO3S-3S HU 00
 

 

 

 VC-4
last update 8. August 2008
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12. April 1954 - August 1954
?
VS-27 * AF-2S, AF-2W SM 00
VS-39 ** AF-2S, AF-2W SN 00
VC-4 Det. 50 F4U-5N NA 00
HS-3 Det. 50 HO4S-3 HW 00
*   VS-27 on Board of CV-36 from 12. April 1954 to June 1954
** VS-29 on Board of CV-36 from May 1954 to August 1954
 

 

 

 VS-27 VS-39
 

 

 

    
last update 8. August 2008
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August 1954 -  1954
?
VS-24 AF-2S, AF-2W SI 00
VC-4 Det. 52 F4U-5N NA 00
HS-1 Det. 52 HO3S-3S HU 00
last update 8. August 2008
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5. January 1955 - 15. March 1955
Mediterranean
VS-26 S2F-1 SH 00
VC-4 Det.  F4U-5N NA 00
VC-12 Det. AD-4W NE 00
HS-1 Det. HSS-1 HU 00
 

 

 

 VC-4 VC-12
 

 

 

    
last update 8. August 2008
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11. October 1956 - 22. December 1956
Mediterranean
VS-31 S2F-1, S2F-2, TF-1 SP 00
VF(AW)-4 Det. 50 F9F-5  AD-5N (8) NA 00
VAW-12 Det. 50 AD-5W NE 00
HS-3 Det. 50  HSS-1 HW 00
HU-2 Det. 50 HUP-2 UR 00
 

 

 

 VS-31 VAW-12
 

 

 

 HS-3 HU-2  
last update 1. September 2020

Source: Naval Fighter Skyraider Pt. 2
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Jul. 1958 - Aug. 1958
Atlantic Ocean
     
VMO-1 HUK-1 ER 00
 

 

 

 ? VMO-1  
last update 16. February 2022

Source: VMO-1
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Decommissioned

8. May 1963
Commanding Officers 
1945 - 1949
Capt. James Robert Tague 28. Jan. 1945 5. Nov. 1945
Capt. Joseph Brantley Dunn 5. Nov. 1945 31. Oct.1946
Capt. William Henry Hamilton 31. Oct.1946 13. Oct. 1947
Capt. William Donald Anderson 13. Oct. 1947 1. Sep. 1948
Capt. John Valdemar Peterson 1. Sep. 1948 2. May 1949
Cdr. Everett Olin Rigsbee, Jr. (KIA) 2. May 1949 12. May 1949
Cdr. Carter Brooke Jennings (acting) 12. May 1949 24. May 1949
Cdr. Edmond George Konrad 24. May 1949 21 Jun. 1949
1951 - 1963
Capt. George John Dufek 17. Jan. 1951 6. May 1952
Capt. Benjamin Barnes Compton Lovett 6. May 1952 5. Sep. 1952
Capt. Samuel Gavid Mitchell 5. Sep. 1952 31. Jul. 1953
Capt. Samuel Marion Pickering 31. Jul. 1953 2. Jul. 1954
Capt. Carl Emil Giese, Sr. 2. Jul. 1954 30. Jun. 1955
Capt. Francis Emerson Bardwell 30. Jun. 1955 4. Sep. 1956
Capt. William Alvah Thorn 4. Sep. 1956 4. Sep. 1957
Capt. Robert Ward Cooper 4. Sep. 1957 27. Jun. 1958
Capt. James Arthur Smith 27. Jun. 1958 26. Jun. 1959
Capt. Charles Herman Turner 26. Jun. 1959 2. Sep. 1960
Capt. Paul Ellsworth Hartmann 2. Sep. 1960 15. Jun. 1961
Capt. James Houston Armstrong 15. Jun. 1961 8. Jan. 1963

Capt. William James Gray

 8. Jan. 1963  8. May 1963
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