CVW-13

Carrier Air Wing Thirteen
Active	1 March 1944-1 January 1991
Country	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Carrier air wing
Engagements	World War II Cold War

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.

Composition

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)