walika Posted March 29, 2020 Share #1 Posted March 29, 2020 VS-20 | Scouting Squadron TwentyAIRCRAFT. SBD-4 DauntlessOperated in the South Pacific in 1943. Embroidered. Design by Walt Disney Studios. Source Naval Aviation News. July, 1954. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro Posted March 30, 2020 Share #2 Posted March 30, 2020 Rick, the VP Navy website has this patch listed as belonging to Anti-submarine squadron twenty (VS-20) flying the P2V2 (Truculent Turtle). Jeffro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walika Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted March 30, 2020 Rick, the VP Navy website has this patch listed as belonging to Anti-submarine squadron twenty (VS-20) flying the P2V2 (Truculent Turtle). Jeffro My understanding is there was some interchangeability in terminology antisubmarine and scouting, at the time. You might have noticed the VP Navy web site refers to the VS units as Antisubmarine Reconnaissance Scout Squadrons. As with many navy squadrons, numbers were re-issued after a unit was disestablished which makes unit lineage non-linear and at times complicated. There were two successor VS-20 units in the 1950s-1960s, one of which flew the P2s. The original VS-20 flew the SBD-4 Dauntless in 1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 30, 2020 Share #4 Posted March 30, 2020 Anti-Submarine Squadron VS-931 from my collection, Korean War 1951 - 1953. Operated off of the escort carriers USS SICILY (CVE-118) and USS BADOENG STRAIT(CVE-116) VS-931 Antisubmarine Squadron was activated at Willow Grove Naval Air Station in Pennsylvania on March 1, 1951 during the Korean War and was transferred to Los Alamitos Naval Air Station in California. The squadron was sent abroad on the USS Sicily and operated near Japan and Okinawa. Upon transferring to the USS Badoeng Strait, the Squadron went to Korea on two different occasions to protect the US Naval fleet from enemy submarines. There were several transfers back and forth between the two ships and in addition the squadron was stationed on land bases at Atsugi and Itami for brief periods. The squadron returned to the States aboard the USS Sicily. Upon returning to Los Alamitos the squadron's designation was changed from VS-931 to VS-20 Comment from VP Navy re: VS-20 vs. VS-931 patch design VS-931 Patch "...Although VS-931 later became VS-20 when we came back from Korea, the same patch should not be used for VS-20 as the patch was later changed somewhat for VS-20..." Contributed by J. Robert Wagner bobwagner@msn.com [22OCT2004] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro Posted March 31, 2020 Share #5 Posted March 31, 2020 Rick, I'm not saying the design wasn't used during WW2, but I think your patch is more likely the 1953-1956 version based on the design charcteristics (turtle and periscope) and manufacturing details. It would make sense that it is close to the VS-931 design used during the Korean War but modified after they were redesignated VS-20 as mentioned above. The squadron was absorbed into Anti-submarine squadron 21 after the cruise. This photo is from the Navy.de website and is from the 1956 Westpac cruise of CVS-37 USS Princeton: It is a great looking patch. Jeffro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro Posted March 31, 2020 Share #6 Posted March 31, 2020 I think the Aviator on the lower left is wearing the patch. Taken from the same source as above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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