SECOND WAR CRUISE
3 March 1944 - 4 March 1945 - Central Pacific
3 March 1944 - 9 July 1944 - Central Pacific
Group/Squadron Type Aircraft
CVG-16
VF-16 F6F
VB-16 SBD-5
VT-16 TBF-1C
VF(N)-76 Det.3 F6F-3N
14 July - 9 November 1944 - Central/Western Pacific
Group/Squadron Type Aircraft
CVG-19
VF-19 F6F-3/5/3N/3P/5N/5P
VB-19 SB2C-3
VT-19 TBM-1C
VF(N)-76 Det. 3 F6F-3N/TBM-1C *
* Aboard 14 July 1944 - 1 October 1944
11 December 1944 - 26 January 1945 - Western Pacific
Group/Squadron Type Aircraft
CVG-20
VF-20 F6F-5/5N/5P
VB-20 SB2C-3
VT-20 TBM-1C
10 February 1945 - 5 March 1945 - Western Pacific
Group/Squadron Type Aircraft
CVG-9
VF-9 F6F-5/5N/5P
VBF-9 F6F-5
VB-9 SB2C-3/4
VT-9 TBM-1C
THIRD WAR CRUISE
13 June 1945 - 15 December 1945 - Western Pacific
13 June 1945 - 24 September 1945 - Western Pacific
Group/Squadron Type Aircraft
CVG-94
VF-94 F6F-5/5N/5P
VBF-94 F4U-4
VB-94 SB2C-4E
VT-94 TBM-3E
24 September 1945 - 15 December 1945 - Western Pacific
Group/Squadron Type Aircraft
CVG-92
VF-92 F6F-5/5P
VBF-92 F4U-1D/4
VB-92 SB2C-4
VT-92 TBM-3/3E
Ship Commissioned
11 May 1943 –
Group/Squadron Type Aircraft
CVG-16
VF-16 F4F-4
VB-16 SBD-4
VT-16 TBF-1
F4F Wildcat
4 July 1943 –
FIRST WAR CRUISE
Group Squadron Type Aircraft
CVG-16
VF-16 F6F-3
VB-16 SBD-5
VT-16 TBF-1
SBD Dauntless
This page lists those Air Groups that were on board the USS Lexington CV-16 during World War II and those that were on board the USS Lexington CVA 16 during the period 1955 through 1962. Thereafter a large number of Air Groups and individual pilots were on board primarily for carrier qualifications. This information was obtained from various sources but primarily from the booklet USS Lexington “The Blue Ghost” prepared and published by the Volunteers of the USS Lexington Museum on the Bay.
F4F Wildcat
F6F Hellcat
TBF Avenger
