CVW-13

Carrier Air Wing Thirteen (CVW-13) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier air wing whose operational history spans from World War II to the end of the Cold War.

Air Group 81 (1944-1946)
Air Wing Thirteen traces its lineage back to CVG-81 in World War II. CVG-81 was established on 1 March 1944 and was deployed on USS Wasp between 10 November 1944 and 13 March 1945. Postwar, CVG-81 deployed on USS Princeton (CV-37) in the West Pacific between 3 July 1946 and 15 April 1947.

Transportation to Hawaii
Embarked on USS Hancock (CV-19)
 * VF-81
 * VB-81
 * VT-81

West Pacific Combat Deployment
Embarked on USS Wasp
 * VF-81
 * VMF-216
 * VMF-217
 * VB-81
 * VT-81

Panama Canal Transit
Embarked on USS Princeton
 * VF-81
 * VBF-81
 * VT-81

Second WestPac Deployment
Embarked on USS Princeton
 * VF-81
 * VBF-81
 * VB-81
 * VT-81

CVAG-13 (1946-1948)
CVG-81 was redesignated CVAG-13 on 15 November 1946. The air group was stationed at NAS San Diego between 1948 and 1949.

Composition

 * VF-13A
 * VF-14A
 * VA-13A
 * VA-14A

CVG-13 (1948-1949)
On 1 September 1948, CVAG-13 became CVG-13. CVG 13 deployed in the West Pacific once on USS Princeton between 1 October 1948 and 23 December 1948. CVG-13 was disestablished on 30 November 1949.

Composition

 * VF-131
 * VF-132
 * VA-15
 * VA-135
 * HU-2 Detachment

CVG-13 (1961-1962)
CVG-13 was reactivated on 21 August 1961. It was deployed on shakedown in the Caribbean on USS Constellation from 3 March 1962 to 6 May 1962. CVG-13 was inactivated on 1 October 1962.

Composition (Caribbean Shakedown)
Embarked on USS Constellation
 * VF-131
 * VF-132
 * VA-133
 * VA-134
 * VA-135
 * VAH-10
 * VAW-12 Detachment 64
 * VFP-62 Detachment 64
 * HU-2 Detachment 64

CVW-13 (1984-1991)
CVW-13 was activated on 1 March 1984. CVW-13 served three Mediterranean deployments aboard USS Coral Sea. CVW-13 was inactivated on 1 January 1991.

Composition

 * VFA-131
 * VFA-132 (first and third deployments)
 * VFA-136 (second deployment only)
 * VFA-137 (second and third deployments)
 * VMFA-314 (first deployment only)
 * VMFA-323 (first deployment only)
 * VMFA-451 (third deployment only)
 * VA-55
 * VA-65 (second and third deployments)
 * VAW-127
 * VAQ-133 (second and third deployments)
 * VAQ-145 (first deployment only)
 * HS-17
 * VQ-2 Detachment (first deployment only)