Patrol Squadron 1
"Fleet’s Finest", "Screaming Eagles,"
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History |
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| 15. February 1943 | VB-128 established at Deland FL |
| 1. October 1944 | VB-128 redesignated VPB-128 |
| 15. May 1946 | VPB-128 redesignated VP-128 |
| 15. November 1946 | VP-128 redesignated VP-ML-1 |
| 1. September 1948 | VP-ML-1 redesignated VP-1 |
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Tailcodes |
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| 1946 - 1948 | AC |
| 1948 - 1957 | CD |
| 1957 - today | YB |
| Planes: |
PV-1
PV-2
P2V-2
P2V-3
P2V-5 P2V-5F
P2V-7, SP-2H
P-3B
P-3C
P-8A
| VB-128, VPB-128, VP-128, VP-ML-1, VP-1 Deployments | ||||
| - later more - | - | - | - | - |
| VB-128, VPB-128, VP-128, VP-ML-1, VP-1 Home Port Assignments | ||
| Deland FL | 15. Feb. 1943 | 17. May 1943 |
| Floyd Bennett Field NY. | 17. May 1943 | 6. Oct. 1944 |
| NAS Kaneohe HI | 6. Oct. 1944 | 21. Jun. 1945 |
| Tinian Island | 21. Jun. 1945 | 15. May 1946 |
| Naha, Okinawa | 15. May 1946 | 13. Jan. 1948 |
| NAS Whidbey Island WA | 13. Jan. 1948 | 30. Jun. 1970 |
| NAS Barbers Point HI | 30. Jun. 1970 | Jul. 1995 |
| NAS Whidbey Island WA | Jul. 1995 | present |
| VB-128, VPB-128, VP-128, VP-ML-1, VP-1 Commanding Officers | ||
| LCDR Charles L. Westhofen | 15. Feb. 1943 | 1. Jan. 1944 |
| LCDR Groome E. Marcus | 1. Jan. 1944 | 4. Jun. 1944 |
| LCDR Jay B. Yakeley | 4. Jun. 1944 | 19. Sep. 1945 |
| CDR James W. Lenney | 19. Sep. 1945 | 23. Nov. 1946 |
| LCDR J. D. Seal | 23. Nov. 1946 | 17. Jul. 1947 |
| LCDR W. W. Titsworth | 17. Jul. 1947 | 1. Jan. 1949 |
| CDR I. J. Heizer | 1. Jan. 1949 | 8. Jul. 1949 |
| CDR J. B. Honan | 8. Jul. 1949 | 15. Jan. 1951 |
| CDR William M. Ringness | 15. Jan. 1951 | 31. May 1952 |
| CDR I. E. Quillan | 31. May 1952 | Apr. 1954 |
| CDR Irving A. Kittel | Apr. 1954 | Jul. 1955 |
| CDR W. J. Bowers | Jul. 1955 | 5. Sep. 1956 |
| CDR J. H. Caldwell | 5. Sep. 1956 | 3. Apr. 1958 |
| CDR Vance W. Alder | 3. Apr. 1958 | |
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History |
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