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Patrol Squadron

  
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The VP designation is one of the oldest in the U.S. Navy and is the oldest designation currently in use. It first appeared in 1922 to designate "Seaplane Patrol Squadron" and from 1924 it has designated "Patrol Squadron". In 1982 the VPU Patrol Squadron Special Unit designation was created. Maritime patrol aircraft are used primarily for reconnaissance, anti-surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare.

In 2016 the first "Unmanned" Patrol Squadron (VUP) was established. VUP-19 operates the MQ-4C Triton unmanned air vehicle from an operations center located at NAS Jacksonville while its aircraft with aircraft maintenance personnel are deployed around the world as required. A second VUP squadron is programmed for establishment in 2018 with an operations center at NAS Whidbey Island.

When not deployed VP squadrons are home-ported at NAS Jacksonville, FL or NAS Whidbey Island, WA except for VPU-2 which is home-ported at MCAS Kaneohe Bay.

 
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Patrol Squadron

  
VP- Squadrons
VP-1 1921 - 1922 ..
VP-1 1924 - 1926 ..
VP-1 1937 - 1939
1940 - 1940		 ..
VP-1 1943 - 1944 ..
VP-1 1948 - today ..
VP-1D14 1927 - 1931 ..
VP-1B 1931 - 1933 ..
VP-1F 1933 - 1937 ..
VP-2 1937 - 1941 ..
VP-2 1948 - 1969 ..
VP-2D15 1927 - 1931 ..
VP-2F 1937 - 1939 ..
VP-2S 1931 - 1937 ..
VP-3 1937 - 1939 ..
VP-3 1948 - 1955 ..
VP-3F 1933 - 1937 ..
VP-3S 1931 - 1933 ..
VP-4 1937 - 1939 ..
VP-4 1948 - today ..
VP-4D14 1928 - 1931 ..
VP-4B 1931 - 1933 ..
VP-4F 1933 - 1937 ..
VP-5 1937 - 1939 ..
VP-5 1948 - today ..
VP-5F 1933 - 1937 ..
VP-5S 1931 - 1933 ..
VP-6 1924 - 1926 ..
VP-6 1937 - 1939 ..
VP-6 CG 1943 - 1944 ..
VP-6 1948 - 1993 ..
VP-6B 1931 - 1933 ..
VP-6F 1933 - 1937 ..
VP-7 1937 - 1939 ..
VP-7 1948 - 1969 ..
VP-7B 1929 - 1931 ..
VP-7F 1931 - 1937 ..
VP-8 1937 - 1939 ..
VP-8 1946 - today ..
VP-8F 1933 - 1937 ..
VP-8S 1929 - 1933 ..
VP-9 1937 - 1939 ..
VP-9 1951 - today ..
VP-9B 1930 - 1931 ..
VP-9F 1931 - 1937 ..
VP-9S 1930 - 1930 ..
VP-10 1924 - 1927 ..
VP-10 1937 - 1939 ..
VP-10 1951 - today ..
VP-10F 1933 - 1937 ..
VP-10S 1930 - 1933 ..
VP-11 1937 - 1939 later VW-2
VP-11 1939 - 1941 ..
VP-11 1941 - 1944 ..
VP-11 1951 - 1997 ..
VP-11F 1936 - 1937 later VW-2
VP-12 1937 - 1939 ..
VP-12 1939 - 1941 ..
VP-12 1941 - 1944 ..
VP-12F 1935 - 1937 ..
VP-13 1939 - 1939 ..
VP-13 1940 - 1944 ..
VP-14 1924 - 1927 ..
VP-14 1937 - 1939 ..
VP-14 1939 . 1941
1941 - 1944		 ..
VP-14F 1935 - 1937 ..
VP-15 1937 - 1939 ..
VP-15 1943 - 1944 ..
VP-15F 1936 - 1937 ..
VP-16 1937 - 1939 ..
VP-16 1943 - 1944 ..
VP-16 1953 - today ..
VP-16F 1937 - 1937 ..
VP-17 1937 - 1939 ..
VP-17 1944 - 1944 ..
VP-17 1953 - 1956
1959 - 1995		 ..
VP-17F 1937 - 1937 ..
VP-18 1937 - 1939 ..
VP-18 1944 - 1944 ..
VP-18 1953 - 1968 ..
VP-19 1937 - 1939 ..
VP-19 1944 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-19 1953 - 1991 ..
VP-20 1938 - 1940 ..
VP-20 1944 - 1944 ..
VP-20 1948 - 1949 ..
VP-21 1938 - 1939 ..
VP-21 1939 - 1940 ..
VP-21 1941 - 1942 ..
VP-21 1944 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-21 1948 - 1969 ..
VP-22 1944 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-22 1939 - 1942 ..
VP-22 1948 - 1994 ..
VP-23 1939 - 1941 ..
VP-23 1941 - 1944 ..
VP-23 1948 - 1995 ..
VP-24 1939 - 1941 ..
VP-24 1941 - 1944 ..
VP-24 1948 - 1956
1959 - 1995		 ..
VP-25 1939 . 1941 ..
VP-25 1944 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-25 1946 - 1950 ..
VP-26 1939 - 1940 ..
VP-26 1941 - 1941 ..
VP-26 1944 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-26 1948 - today ..
VP-27 1944 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-27 1948 - 1950 ..
VP-28 1944 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-28 1948 - 1969 ..
VP-29 1948 - 1950 ..
VP-29 1952 - 1955 ..
VP-30 1960 - today ..
VP-31 1939 - 1943 ..
VP-31 1960 - 1993 ..
VP-32 1939 - 1941 ..
VP-32 1941 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-32 1948 - 1949 ..
VP-33 1939 - 1941 ..
VP-33 1948 - 1949 ..
VP-33 1942 - 1944 ..
VP-34 1942 - 1944 ..
VP-34 1948 - 1956 ..
VP-40 1948 - 1950
1951 - today		 ..
VP-41 1939 - 1943 ..
VP-41 1948 - 1949 ..
VP- Squadrons
VP-42 1939 - 1943 ..
VP-42 1948 - 1969 ..
VP-43 1939 - 1941 ..
VP-43 1941 - 1944 ..
VP-43 1948 - 1949 ..
VP-44 1940 - 1941 ..
VP-44 1941 - 1944 ..
VP-44 1948 - 1950
1951 - 1991		 ..
VP-45 1939 - 1939 ..
VP-45 1943 - 1944 ..
VP-45 1948 - today ..
VP-46 1948 - today ..
VP-47 1948 - today ..
VP-48 1948 - 1949 ..
VP-48 1953 - 1991 ..
VP-49 1948 - 1991 ..
VP-50 1953 - 1993 ..
VP-51 1939 - 1941 ..
VP-51 1941 - 1943 later VW-2
VP-51 1948 - 1950 ..
VP-52 1939 - 1941 ..
VP-52 1941 - 1944 ..
VP-53 1939 - 1941 ..
VP-53 1942 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-54 1939 - 1941 later VW-2
VP-54 1942 - 1944 ..
VP-55 1940 - 1941 ..
VP-56 1940 - 1941 ..
VP-56 1953 - 1991 ..
VP-57 1953 - 1956 later VAQ-131
VP-60 1970 - 1994 ..
VP-61 1941 - 1941 ..
VP-61 1942 - 1944 ..
VP-61 1948 - 1950 ..
VP-61 1951 - 1952 ..
VP-62 1942 - 1943 ..
VP-62 1943 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-62 1948 - 1950 ..
VP-62 1970 - today ..
VP-63 1942 - 1944 ..
VP-64 1970 - 2004 later VR-64
VP-65 1970 - 2006 ..
VP-66 1970 - 2006 ..
VP-67 1970 - 1994 ..
VP-68 1970 - 1997 ..
VP-69 1970 - today ..
VP-71 1941 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-72 1941 - 1944 ..
VP-73 1941 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-74 1941 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-81 1941 - 1944 ..
VP-82 1941 - 1943 ..
VP-83 1941 - 1943 ..
VP-84 1941 - 1944 ..
VP-90 1970 - 1994 ..
VP-91 1941 - 1944 ..
VP-91 1970 - 1999 ..
VP-92 1941 - 1944 ..
VP-92 1970 - 2007 ..
VP-93 1942 - 1943 ..
VP-93 1976 - 1994 ..
VP-94 1941 - 1944 ..
VP-94 1970 - 2006 ..
VP-101 1940 - 1944 ..
VP-102 1940 - 1942 ..
VP-102 1943 - 1944 ..
VP-102 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-104 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-106 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-107 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-108 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-111 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-114 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-115 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-116 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-119 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-120 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-122 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-123 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-124 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-128 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-130 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-131 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-133 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-135 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-136 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-140 1943 - 1944 ..
VP-142 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-143 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-144 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-146 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-148 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-152 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-153 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-200 1944 - 1944 ..
VP-201 1942 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-202 1942 - 1944 ..
VP-203 1942 - 1944 ..
VP-204 1944 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-205 1941 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-206 1942 - 1944 ..
VP-207 1942 - 1944 ..
VP-208 1942 - 1944
1946 - 1946		 ..
VP-209 1943 - 1944 ..
VP-210 1943 - 1944 ..
VP-211 1943 - 1944 ..
VP-212 1943 - 1944 ..
VP-213 1943 - 1944 ..
VP-214 1943 - 1944 ..
VP-215 1943 - 1944 ..
VP-216 1943 - 1944 ..
VP-661 1950 - 1953 ..
VP-731 1950 - 1953 ..
VP-741 1950 - 1953 ..
VP-772 1950 - 1953 ..
VP-812 1950 - 1952 ..
VP-861 1950 - 1953 ..
VP-871 1950 - 1953 ..
VP-892 1950 - 1953 ..
VP-900 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-905 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-906 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-907 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-911 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-914 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-916 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-917 1946 - 1946 ..
VP-920 1946 later VAQ-131
VP-931 1948 - 1953 later VAQ-131
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Special Projects Patrol Squadrons Unmanned Patrol Squadrons
VPU- Squadrons
VPU-1 1982 - 2012 ..
VPU-2 1982 -today ..
VUP- Squadrons
VUP-11 2014 - today ..
VUP-19 2013 - today ..
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last update 22. February 2013

written 24. April 2005

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