Attack Squadron 113 Detachment Q
VA-113 DET-Q 
National Defense Service MedalVA-113 Det QVietnam Service Medal
USS Benningtion West Pacific Cruise Vietnam
March 22, 1965 - October 7, 1965
Charles William Darcey Ward III
Lieutenant Commander 
Charles William Darcey Ward III
Officer-in-Charge
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Time Line: Vietnam

Precedence of Awards 
is from top to bottom, left to right
Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation with Bronze StarChina Service Medal
American Campaign MedalAsiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 3 StarsWorld War II Victory Medal
Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp)National Defense Service Medal with StarArmed Forces Expeditionary Medal with 2 Stars
Vietnam Service Medal with 4 StarsRepublic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Gallantry Cross Medal with Palm)Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Top Row: Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) / China Service Medal
2nd Row: American Campaign Medal / Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3    stars) / World War II Victory Medal
3rd Row: Navy Occupation Service Medal ("Asia" clasp) / National Defense Service Medal (2) / Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2)
4th Row: Vietnam Service Medal (4 stars) / Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Gallantry Cross Medal with Palm) / Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

USS Benningtion West Pacific Cruise Vietnam
March 22, 1965 - October 7, 1965

March: 
22
23 - 31 
April: 
1 - 9 
10 - 18 
19
20 - 30 
May: 
1 - 3 
4 - 9
10 - 12 
13 - 21 
22 - 24 
25 - 27 
28 - June 2 
June:
3 - 4
5 - 10
11 - 13
14 - 20 
21 - 25 
26 - 30
1965
Underway From Long Beach 
Enroute Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Operational Readiness Evaluation 
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Underway for West-Pac
Enroute

Yokosuka, Japan
Enroute
Manila, Philippine Islands 
Operation "Seahorse" 
Bangkok, Thailand
Enroute
Subic Bay, Philippine Islands

Enroute
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
Enroute
Sasebo, Japan 
Operation "Cross-Tee" 
Hakodate, Japan

July:
1 - 9 
10
11 - 13 
14 - 19 
20 - 29
30 - 31 
August: 
1 - 18 
19 - 20 
20 - 24 
25 - 26 
27 - 31
September:
1 - 9 .
10 - 18 
19 - 22 
23
24 - 30 
October: 
1 - 6
7
1965
Enroute
Buckner Bay, Okinawa 
Enroute
Yokosuka, Japan
Enroute Station Off Vietnam 
On Station

On Station 
Enroute 
Subic Bay, Philippine Islands 
Enroute Station Off Vietnam 
On Station

On Station 
Enroute 
Yokosuka, Japan 
Underway for CONUS 
Enroute Home

Enroute Home 
Arrive Long Beach, California

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USS Hornet Museum
 

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     When Va-113 Det Q returned to the United States, it disbanded and merged with Antisubmarine Warfare Fighter Squadron One (VSF-1)
     The newly formed Squadron was stationed at Naval Air Station Alameda on the beautiful San Francisco Bay.
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