Carrier Air Wing 13 (CVW-13) Mediterranean Cruise 1989

Established as Carrier Air Group EIGHTY ONE (CVG-81) on 1 Mar 1944. Redesignated Attack Carrier Air Group THIRTEEN (CVAG-13) on 15 Nov 1946; Carrier Air Group THIRTEEN (CVG-13) on 1 Sep 1948. Disestablished on 30 Nov 1949. Carrier Air Group THIRTEEN (CVG-13) reactivated on 21 Aug 1961.
Disestablished on 1 Oct 1962. Redesignated as Carrier Air Wing THIRTEEN (CVW-13) and activated on 1 Mar 1984. Inactivated on 1 Jan 1991.

Squadrons: Strike Fighter Squadron ONE THIRTY TWO (VFA-132)(F/A-18A), Strike Fighter Squadron ONE THIRTY SEVEN (VFA-137) (F/A-18A), Marine Strike Fighter Squadron 451 (VMFA-451)(F/A-18A), Attack Squadron FIFTY FIVE (VA-55)(A-6E), Attack Squadron SIXTY FIVE (VA-65)(A-6E/KA-6D), Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 127 (VAW-127)(E-2C), Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 133 (VAQ-133) (EA-6B) & Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 17 (HS-17 (SH-3H).

Mediterranean Cruise, 31 May 1989-30 Sep 1989, USS Coral Sea (CV-43)