Patrol Squadron
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.
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 |
| VP-11 | 1939 - 1941 |
| VP-11 | 1941 - 1944 |
| VP-11 | 1951 - 1997 |
| VP-11F | 1936 - 1937 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| VP-54 | 1942 - 1944 |
| VP-55 | 1940 - 1941 |
| VP-56 | 1940 - 1941 |
| VP-56 | 1953 - 1991 |
| VP-57 | 1953 - 1956 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| VP-931 | 1948 - 1953 |
| VPU- Squadrons | ||
| VPU-1 | 1982 - 2012 | .. |
| VPU-2 | 1982 -today | .. |
| VUP- Squadrons | ||
| VUP-11 | 2014 - today | .. |
| VUP-19 | 2013 - today | .. |
