WELCOME ABOARD CVSG-59
WestPac Cruise #4, 1 Oct 1960 - 2 May 1961
CVS-20 USS BENNINGTON
1960 Oct 1 - 1961 May 2
4th WestPac Cruise
South China Sea, Laos crisis
CVSG-59 embarked, Tail code NT
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Squadron | Aircraft | |
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VS-33 | Screwbirds | S-2F-1 |
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VS-38 | Red Griffins | S-2F-1 |
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HS-8 | Eight Ballers | SH-34J |
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HSS-1 | -- | -- |
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HMR(L)-163 | Ridge Runners | -- |
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HUS-1 | -- | -- |
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VAW-11 Q | Early Eleven | EA-1E |
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AD5W | Early Eleven | AD-5W |
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COD | -- | C-1A |
Thanks to Pat J. Ruth 1958-62 QM-2 [QMC Ret.]
for providing the following information.
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MEET THE TOP BRASS
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Carrier Division Fifteen  Rear Admiral Henry Louis Miller |
Carrier Division Fifteen  Captain Victor A. Dybdal |
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USS Bennington  Captain Robert M. Ware |
USS Bennington  Commander John E. Tefft |
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Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 59  |
Air Anti-Submarine Squadrons  VS-33 VS-38 |
Airborne Early Warning Squadron Eleven  Detachment 'Q' |
Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 8  HS-8 |
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USS LYMAN K. SWENSON  DD-729 |
USS COLLETT  DD-730 |
USS BLUE  DD-744 |
USS SHELTON  DD-790 |
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