VS-25

Anti-Submarine Squadron 25
VS-25 squadron patch
Active	1 April 1949-27 September 1968
Country	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Role	Anti-submarine warfare
Part of	Inactive
Nickname(s)	Golden Eagles
Engagements	Korean War Vietnam War

VS-25 was an Anti-Submarine Squadron of the U.S. Navy. Originally established as Composite Squadron 25 (VC- 25) on 1 April 1949, it was redesignated Anti-Submarine Squadron (VS-25) on 20 April 1950 and disestablished on 27 September 1968.

Operational history

VS-25 TBM-3E Avengers in flight c.1950

National Naval Aviation Museum AF Guardian in the colors of VS-25 in 1980

VS-25 S-2E Tracker in flight in 1967

The squadron was the second to be equipped with the Grumman AF Guardian.^[1]

VS-25 was embarked on the USS Bairoko when it was deployed to Korea from 1 December 1951 to 10 June 1952.^[2]

From 1961-68, VS-25 and VS-23 were part of Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 55 (CVSG-55), assigned to the USS Yorktown (CVS-10)

VS-25 was embarked on USS Yorktown for three Vietnam deployments:^[3]

• 23 October 1964 – 16 May 1965

• 6 January-27 July 1966

• 28 December 1967-5 July 1968

Home port assignments

The squadron was assigned to these home ports:

• NAS North Island

Aircraft Assignment

• TBM-3E Avenger
• AF Guardian
• S-2 Tracker

See also

• List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons
• History of the United States Navy

References

1. Wagner, Ray (1982). American Combat Planes. Doubleday & Company. p. 498. ISBN 0385131208.
2. Campbell, Douglas (2013). U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and MATS Aircraft Lost During the Korean War. Syneca Research Group Inc. p. 11-12. ISBN 9781304610737.
3. "Carrier, Carrier Based Squadrons and Non-Carrier Based Squadron Deployments to Vietnam" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. 1995. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

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