WestPac Deployments

Mike Weeks wrote:
W. D. Allen wrote:
Recently during a discussion about WestPac carrier airgroup deployments the
question came up about how many carrier deployments occurred between the end
of WWII in 1945 and about 1965 when the VN War started. Any one know where
this kind of data might be available?

Will check the deployment DB to see if a cut can be made to come up w/
a rough number.

Using the following parameters for CVs: deployed after 01 JAN 46;
returned prior to 01 JAN 65 and cruised beyond Hawaii; i.e., went into
WestPac. Includes CVS/CVSG deployments and finally includes "World"
cruises which commenced from the East Coast -- the raw count was 134
deployments.

The number doesn't include those boats which remained in WestPac
following SEP 45, such as Antietam (CV-36) for example.

Hope the above raw number helps.

MW