VP-23

Established as Weather Reconnaissance SquadronTHREE (VPW-3) on 17 May 1946.Redesignated Meteorology Squadron THREE (VPM-3) on 15 November 1946.Redesignated Heavy Patrol Squadron (Landplane)THREE (VP-HL-3) on 8 December 1947, the secondsquadron to be assigned the VP-HL-3 designation.Redesignated Patrol Squadron TWENTY THREE (VP-23) on 1 September 1948, the third squadron to be assignedthe VP-23 designation.Disestablished on 28 February 1995.

Patrol Squadron 23

SeaHawks
Aircraft: P-3 Orion (after late '60s)
Primary Missions: Anti-Submarine Warfare, Maritime Patrol
Homeport: Brunswick Naval Air Station , Brunswick, Maine
Decommissioned February 28, 1995

External links

* [http://unitpages.military.com/unitpages/unit.do?id=202567 VP-23 Pages from Military.Com]

* [http://www.vpnavy.com/vp23.html VP-23 Home Page from VP Navy.Org]

* [http://home.earthlink.net/~capnbilly/vp23_intro.htm Patrol Squadron 23 - Primarily from '50s and before]

* [http://www.vpnavy.com/vp23_VP-23 History Page from VP Navy.Org]

* [http://www.vpnavy.org/adobe/vp_23.pdf "Third VP-23" DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL AVIATION SQUADRONS—Volume 2]

* [http://www.daveswarbirds.com/blackcat/hist-23.htm Squadron History from Dave's Warbirds]

* [http://www.vpnavy.com/vp23_patch.html VP-23 Patch History]

* [http://members.aol.com/famjustin/Clifton1.html Biography of Francis H. Clifton, VP-23/VPB-23, USN]

* [http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=2468 Photo of the crew of the Patrol Squadron 23 (VP-23) PBY-5A that found the approaching Japanese fleet's Midway Occupation Force]