BOMBING SQUADRON 81 (VB-81)

Established as Bombing Squadron EIGHTY ONE (VB-81) on 1 Mar 1944. Redesignated Attack Squadron THIRTEEN A (VA-13A) on 15 Nov 1946; Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR (VA-134) on 2 Aug 1948; Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR (VF-174) on 15 Feb 1950; Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR (VA-174) on 1 Jul 1966. Disestablished on 30 June 1988.

Insignia approved by CNO on 23 May 1944. Us made, schiffli embroidery on wool

Deployments.
10 Nov 1944 – 27 Dec 1944, CV-18 USS Wasp, CVG-81, Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver

Stations. NAS Wildwood, NJ. 1 Mar 1944; NAAF Otis Field, MA. 8 May 1944; NAS San Diego, CA. 10 Aug 1944; NAS Puunene, TH. 1 Sep 1944; NAS Guam, Marianas. 27 Dec 1944; NAS San Diego, CA. 31 Mar 1945; NAS Pasco, WA. 13 May 1945; NAS Wildwood, NJ. 05 Aug 1945; NAS Quonset Point, RI. 19 Sep 1945; NAS San Diego, CA. Jul 1946