| AIRCRAFT, SCOUTING FORCE Rear Admiral Arthur B. Cook |
| MEMPHIS (CL-13) (F) Capt. Stewart A. Manahan Air Units: Ship - 1 VSO, 1 VJ Flag - 2 VSO |
| PATROL WING ONE Captain Charles P. Mason |
| Tenders: WRIGHT (AV-1) (F) Cmdr. William K. Harrill PELICAN (AVP-6) Lt. Howell J. Dyson????? AVOCET (AVP-4) Lt. Joseph M. Carson |
| Squadrons: VP-11 - 12 VPB Lt. Cmdr. Frank T. Ward, Jr. VP-12 - 12 VPB Lt. Cmdr. Alfred C. Olney, Jr. VP-13 - 12 VPB Lt. Cmdr. Stuart H. Ingersoll |
| PATROL WING TWO Rear Admiral Arthur L. Bristol |
| Tenders: LANGLEY (AV-3) (F) Cmdr. Arthur C. Davis CHILDS (AVP-14) Lt. Cmdr. Harold F. Fick SWAN (AVP-7) Lt. John F. Greenslade |
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| Notes: 1. On temporary duty with Asiatic Fleet. Commander Davis also served as Commander, Aircraft, Asiatic Fleet. 2. When commissioned following scheduled conversion from oiler to seaplane tender. 3. Personnel assigned to the air group of WASP (CV-7), under construction, also assigned to PATWING 5 for training pending commissioning of their ship. |
| Squadrons: VP-21 - 12 VPB Cmdr. Sam L. LaHache VP-22 - 12 VPB Lt. Cmdr. Wilson P. Cogswell VP-23 - 12 VPB Lt. Cmdr. George Van Deurs VP-24 - 12 VPB Lt. Cmdr. Dolph C. Allen VP-25 - 12 VPB Lt. Cmdr. Anthony R. Brady |
| PATROL WING THREE Commander John D. Price |
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| Tenders: LAPWING (AVP-1) (F) Lt. John G. Foster, Jr. SANDPIPER (AVP-9) Lt. Paul L. Dudley |
| Squadrons: VP-31 - 12 VPB Lt. Cmdr. Joseph B. Dunn VP-32 - 12 VPB Lt. Cmdr. William H. Hamilton VP-33 - 12 VPB Lt. Cmdr. Harold B. Miller |
| PATROL WING FOUR Commander George R. Fairlamb |
| Tenders: WILLIAMSON (AVP-15) (F) Cmdr. John Perry TEAL (AVP-5) Lt. Robert B. Pirie |
| Squadrons: VP-41 - 6 VPB Lt. Cmdr. Delbert L. Conley VP-42 - 6 VPB Lt. Cmdr. Edwin R. Peck VP-43 - 6 VPB Lt. Cmdr. Harry F. Carlson VP-44 - 6 VPB Lt. Cmdr. William D. Johnson VP-45 - 6 VPB Lt. Cmdr. Frederick M. Trapnell |
| PATROL WING FIVE Commander Virgi; C. Griffin, Jr |
| Tenders: GANNET (AVP-8) (F) ??? THRUSH (AVP-3) Lt. Howell J. Dyson????? OWL (AM-2) Lt. Marshall B. Gurney PATOKA (AV-6) Cmdr. Clifton A. F. Sprague |
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| Squadrons: VP-51 - 12 VPB Lt. Cmdr. Stephen B. Cooke VP-52 - 9 VPB Lt. Cmdr. Steven W. Callaway VP-53 - 12 VPB Lt. Cmdr. Aaron P. Storrs, 3rd VP-54 - 12 VPB Lt. Cmdr. Arthur J. Isbell |
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| USS LANGLEY in 1937. America's first Aircraft Carrier, the experimental Langley, originally a collier, had by this time been converted once again, to a seaplane tender, so as to free carrier tonnage for new construction. She would be lost in this role in early 1942. US Navy Photo from the Naval historical Center On-Line Library. As far as I know, this photo is in the public domain. |
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