NATTY DEPA3QCl:I i:nY Office of the Ckief of Nc1va.1 Operstions

'@ashington, D. C,

28 LIajr 1935. E3- om : C h i o f of Naval Operations, T o : All D u r e ~ u s nr&d Off ices? F l e c t , Forces,

Avi:itior Vnit s an6 S t n t l on:; Soricemud.,

fii?:;S;:ZT: TJf1~,1al i.:uroi.l;il~tic Organization - F i s c a l Year 19%.

1. T h e P?llo~minq rtssigments c o n s t i Cute Tile i\T3val Aoronsu-tic 0yc;:nnizr~tic.n f o r -;he Eisc:!l Year 193G ad are e f f e c t i v e 1 Ju ly 1935.

2 . The Gurenv, o r A e r o r ~ ~ ~ u t i c s i s resyo:isible f o r the supply of t ~ i r c r a f t in ac c:orclr;nce : i r i th ?;lrese q ~ s s i qnncn t s , The supply of :jp;?I'e a i ~ ~ p 1 m . o ~ TOY r;~::inl;a i n i r y ~ ~ ~ t h o ~ i z e a operatin?: ,s trsli;1;ths s n : a l l be povcrnecl by tkt: Fo l lo~r ing (~cner t j l provis ions :

( e 1 Flee l; i iv ia t ion (1) Carri c,rs an6 sl-lip base6 - 507; spare ~ i r p l t m e s , ( 2 9 ;'rt trol Planes ( ~ 3 " - r?dld f?

1 t

( 3 ) F'let:'~ Xarine Force - 3 : ~ 1/35 spare 7 7

(41 E'la{; znci Si-1~11 U l l i t s - T;o spare airplzyres. f b ) 0 ther Gq~xnurons ~ n i ! Uni ts - ]To spare s i ~ p l ~ d l e s ~

3. TI?:: Bureau of k e ~ o n u u t i c s is ail Lho~ized to a s s ign , f 0s u t i l i t y purposes, su :A exj~cri::~i~nt~d., ousolescsnt and ob- s e l e t e t i i rplanes R:; ;-,I-L i n s?fe flyirig condi t ion , These air- p l a l l ~ . ~ may h e opera"sc:d i r ~ excess c ~ f au thor ized opern;inc s t l ' ~ l ? t ~ t h t but; on ly au thor ized operat ing s t rc :~gt ;hs vii.11 'u e considered in determining personnel. t?llol;rdn ces a-16 Pli;.:ht OF ri.cz-s or' squzrirons a n d u n i t s conccrn ed.

4. Squadrons XI?, u n i t s s h a l l n o t be eqliiypeci ~ r i t h a i r - p lanes , o ther than expa:i'inc:ntal, oijsoles(;ent IW obso le te , i n excess of ax1 l : ~ o ~ i z e i l opi::-r,tiri,o; s trw i;13sb S?:LTB ~ i r p l a r l e s ill he s~xppl ied f3.s replc;::.;a:i~c,r?r?t's f ol> those e ~ ~ e n d e d o r u n c t e ~ ~ o i n g ma jc~r ovtsrhcul . Te:,qslor*,r.y reduct ions ill i:izchori zed opera t ing StX'engths o re -r*ecea.;rlr.y for minor y:q . i i r s , in~;i>ect;iono ~ s l d Ove:r??auln,

, 5, j!koi;;3rlnsi-~l~ o f ? i cers sh.?ll see t'l.ia"c't,l,B il.%ic?f of N % q ~ e ~ 3 . OO.J?@U %;tone 5,s j.nl'oyned v l ~ c f i 0-(;her -tj-?r,n pbc-%hgQm~y ; r ~ , , d u C - ' t i ~ m in d~~"t;;~~$:iz~%(l ~ ~ p t i ? a t i n ~ : : stx.enf;.ths RZ'C? ~ ~ Q ~ ? B M ~ P Y .

7 , Detailed n s s i ;pments are arzlnnged ia s e c t i o ~ s as shorn belo?;, No sec ' t i 011 is p ~ o v i d e d f o r s p e c i a l ass ign- .nents, These, when a u t h o r i z e d by the Chief of' ';i:firal Opera- -1- " i s n s , ' may bc mafie for :l;val n v i c l ~ o r ' s dctailcct t o ctuty as i n s r ~ e c t o r s of na-vol a i r craft or ass is t a t ~ ? a v L l a t t a c h e s slid -Lo o t l l e ~ s p e c i a l duties,

S e c t i o n I. Flest 6vi6 t icn. (A) U, 3 , Fleet.

( a ) Ea-t;-!;lc FoI?ce, .

( 5 ) i; co;itin g F o ~ c e . ( c ) base Force ,

( ) h z i a t i c Fleet. (c) Specio.1 S;'jal:vicc:': ScGad~:on, { ) Plenj; ].i,iiri T I ~ J!'ar'(:e,

Sec--t;isl; 111. p,;:lval :xL:! ~.~::: .rinc cicrp;:: Reserve.

S e c t i o ~ . Details of :i.via ion pelssonnc1 i'ok Xdmini:~ +r::tii>n, 'Training ar;d Bt?~re lo?~; t?n%~

8, aj-.rc,i-afi; allocuted t.:l7_a SattBe Force, Scout- i n g Force 2 n d Ease Force a r e assigned. to Pools. Cor~mander ki.rcraf t 3 a t . i ; l u Force , Comx;;;:-ulder r,~:uir>ers Scou-tin?; Force and Comander Xj.rcr;:.t't ba:;(-:. 3'orce ~:;il1. c o n t r o l tilt' a l l o c a t i o n and 0;~e~ha.lll of all. l?i:jnes 2.,.:;si{rned to t he i r rssnecti ve f o r c e s . ",omr;ander !,.ircrafl; Eu.tt2-e Force r : ? i l l c o o ~ d i n a t e t h e f l e e t over-

.+' haul schs-:duie a c ,at?. ij:'l.vttl Air S t a t 1 on S E L Y ~ D~c:, 'so 311~; t h 8 %T9:iS-

con t inentzi l f exr'y sslzsdu.le,

S qua d m n : Authorizc(1 Opcre~tint; S t r m 3 t h : k s s igned or

Unit - - 1 - - r - - - , -'.~%....----..-.. ..-*-.* , * . ^ . . - ^ . ~ X . , " , l ~ . I -..-- .. , - . * " . . -.I. "-Ir-----

KLag fTni t : I POS : ?incus, T.T,S, Fleet Ship U n i t @ 8.1'%113- oj?e~a"l; vfitki 1'0-2B 2 &t3LbT$ KV$J!TA *

3,- ~'7~1: i:Oli;:Z C on t ; i n e d , ( ., , , , ...A ,,,, ,,*

Force. -- - -.

Four t e a three-plfine u n i t s . __ -- ..#-, --

Squadron : Author ized O~er!-itinc Strengtl-L : Assigned

U:n i t . -* .,..,. . ,,, -.,. , ,.... ,..-.., L.. ,.-., .. , - *.......- ..,,.-...--- - ,.---- ~. --. -,,... *.- d .. .* - - L - l -

VG-lB : 9 V O S : ":stdiv One T.iG-2B : 1% TO:; : Batd iv Two 'JO-3B : 9 VOS : 1 j ~ ~ t d i . v Three VO-4B : 12 VOS : i - j c t r j i ~ jjlcus

Gewrin ti;~o-ny;:ule u n i t s , J -

:;hip U n i t

Flag Unit VIP- GB V13 -2B TT" . a-2R VT-2B U t i l i t y Unit VF-2rj

( 2 j ) !;orxilander ~~~S%T'C)Y$?F . , . .-- .-,-.-- -..-.--, - - . - - .....- F i ~ i t t l e Force

., ." * < .--*. - ..--.-.-... : % V S a . Dl?TJ)I()IlT.

(~.f,:) Corrlmancler; kLillcra.f:t , k32ttle Force ......- -._ -. _ --_. _-_.. " _ ^ __ _ . _. _~ ... __,- _*_-__.. ___ ( C o ~ ~ ~ a ~ d c l ' C a r r 3 cr I>i-,;:i.sion one) ---......----._ -.- .. + _ ,- -. - X _ ^ 4 _ _ _ . ___*._- ___ -.-..._

S qua dro n : Authorizes Operntfng S t rmgth : B s s i ~ ~ e d 01: I

Uni t . . . " ...-,-* _._ .. ---- ..*_*.'' - " . ... . . -... .-- * -- . -.-*+. _ - - , * . . . - . - . -... . * . - . - *-.. . VY-113 : 18 VF - 1 VSB : Lk'~GLEY

: 1 2 VS . I t '1s- L&B U t i l i t y Unit : 4 VOS tt

*utr i l i C ~ J U n i t : 3 V:;O - 2 VJ : YORKY'OTvTd

(*'The YOK;;TQ/lN?s u ~ i l i t y u n i t v r i 11 bi: c o ~ ~ : i s s i o n e d a t the Naval A i r S t a t i o n Norfolk, ii?le.ot i. ir De- tnchrnen t , on)l J m u t ~ r y 1936) .

$COi?!flNC: FORCE . *,r*.r. .... . -* ... .- -. .-.-em,-

Ship U n i t

VS-93 : 16 3SO vsa-10s : 1 2 VSO Vsf-lls : 1 6 vso VS-12s : 1 2 V8CI

*ship Uni t : 4 VSO

Comxaandcr C r u i s e r s ,* :cjcou.tin.g Torte. .I ,,(._U* * . .. . 1 1 1 1 * - . . . -...*-

: Comcruscofor

~ o i ~ r t s e n foux--pla~~e u n i t s ,

: Crudiv ?'our : Crudiv Five : Crudiv Six : Crudiv Seven : I.;LUIN+?Y

Ship i T ~ n i %

{ * ~ h o WINCTTfs u i i i t w i l l bc comliss ioned 9% the Mnval A i r . S t a '61 on Norfolk ( Ple c t A i r petach!-wnt) 0i1 1 Jnnw,ry 15136).

( 2 ) -_ Commander _ . . Dc::t;royez.s, . , - .. - . Scoutin{: _ _ . . * - . " . Force. .-_

: 2 'VGG

*T$$RU$];EI. ka be r r c c ~ m l i s wi uned upon couplo ti on of ~anv erst 021,

(1) Comrnaql.&ey k i r o r a f t Base Force,(Con%fi, j --, ,., , ,,,- **-..%..-- -.A- -.-- . ---- TEAL - lfiinesmeeper f o r duty with

a i r c r a f t . LA1VENG- 191inesweepe r for duty wi %h

air c r a f t . F l e e t Air Base, Pearl Harbor . PELICAN-- lvlinesweeper for duty tvith

c8ircraft , AITCC?.il" - E,Iines~veeyjer f o r d u t y n i th

.air n ~ a f t . SPJAN - M i n ~ ovieepe r f o r h8.y xi t h

a i r nraf t . Squadron : k u t h o ~ i zed O p a ~ a t i a g StrenztA : Assi gne d.

0:r Unit .**.......-"- ---.. --*----rr-.. . - - , 7 . . - - - * - . . - _ _ l - l l - l - l l - - - 1

Flag Unit : 2 VOS : ~ o m z i r b a s e f or :;hip Unit : 1 V J : *;,TI a3 '7 P a t r o l Wing : I GET VP-7F : 6 VFI: VP- SF : 6 VPR

W t i l i t y Wing : VJ-1F ; 12 VTvI - 2 VR VJ-2F 4

Patrol Ving VP-ZF VP-3F VP-5F

* * u t i l i t y U n i t Pats01 Wing VP- 13' V F ' 4 F W-6 F VE'-BF '\T-10F

U t i l i$y Unit

: 12 VPB : 1z VPF3 : 12 VPR : 13VF-2Vli-2VCJ

: 12 VPB : 12 Vm) : 12 ~JFB : 6 WF : 6 VPR : 2 VF - 1 Yli - 2 VJ

: PI,A.B, Coco Solo

%omanaer Aircraft, Rase Force , i s authorizeel t o oporc te thrce airplanen snch in VJ-1P racl VJ-8F in excess of aut&or&zcrt o p r a t i q ; s t r a ~ t h , not t o int't'rferc with o ~ e r - haul sche&J.rs or m e supply of a i q ~ l m o s for c)ther us@, when F l p n t t ~ t i S i ty rPq.lirc~wn t s are such %a tu anrrim t. the w e 02 mWa &wXai8s.

**&n cg &* %&*mpwykt ~ i r p l ~ m n a ~ s i m e t l t o %xi* ~ t i l i t Y ?Btt ~ $ 6 F l t w t Boon, Poco s o l o , is fox- t M ~ 6 % Q o ~ m a n d @ r Spe r i ~ 1 Smvl cc Rqlindron md s h a l l W' ernploped for no o t h e r : ~ ~ X ~ P O F B rl~it31013;t h i s aruthos.%ty.

n , ASIATIC JTlJ2J2. ---- "- ..I 2 fj i 93Y

Scluadron : Authorized Operating S t reng th : Assi@Iefi o r

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Ship Unit : 4 VSO : AUGUS Th

I-$3HOB - Minesmeqer for iiuiy with air c r a f t ,

C . SP ..__II__- XC I AL .. ..-_ S~P?ti?[$-$,.ti?[$~~TsA,U~,O~ 0

Ship Unit : 2 VSO : TRdITJ'ON

: 12 TJOS : 6 VS : 18 VF - 1 VSR : l 2 m : 4 V I v i - 4 v R : 12 yo:;

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Squadron : Authorized Operating S t reng th : Assigne.3. 01'

Unit; -. .- - " - I* - - - * I I - -.. - -- ..A -- . . . I -. .- . _- - - _ _- - _._ 1 -?---.--I*- I---- -- Biphth Naval D i s t r i c t -.- -.. . .- - -... -* - ...- - . .-.-

7JN-11)8 : 52 VN : NAS Pensacola, Fls. VN-2D8 : 80 VIT . 'bm- 3I)O : 45 VS . . 7fiT-41)8 : 15 VPB - 10 VT - 1 2 VOS VfS-5D8 : 50 VF T J t i l i t y Unit : 1 T.TT - 2 Vld

E leventh Naval D i s t r i c t I..,.-." -.-. -- C. *... --... . *. .-U

'q J-51111 : 5 'flv"; 1 m?, : N.A.S, S8-n Diego

'l'nelf t h ?Java2 D i s t r i c t *̂., -.- .. I _^* +.. _.....- *. . .- .-. ....-CI

: f i .A ,S . Sunnyvale, : Cal i fo rn ia .

SEC TI 3N I I I . NAVAL . .. - _- MSD ...- &ID,?? IF, !T;gPgaS: $j~S~$~$-*LLL

:Authorized Operating ~ t r e n g t h : D i s t r i c t . * ___. . . _ . -_._._*. 1 + ' - -. " - - - - . * - . . - - - 1 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 4

VIT : VC .- .- ...- * _--.-, - <--.,-..-,_ . .. . - - . , . .:. * . . . .-.- . - . ... . ..._?. - ' . -:. . . VCS: . * -:., .-"-- -.- * - - - Squantum, Mass. 7 : 1 0 1 : 1 Ne:v York (Floyd Dsnne tt

F i e l d ) 7 : 10 1 : 3 Ph i l ade lph ia (N,k,F.) 4 6 0 : 4 N . A , S , Norfolk 3 5 0 : 5 & I i a m i , F l a , 6 6 1 : 7 ?!?.A.S, Pensacola, F la . 9 0 0 : R Grcat Lakes, Ill . 5 7 1 : 9 Cros:;e I l e , ",,lich, 4 6 1 : 9 Minneapolis, Minn. 4 6 0 . 9 $3 t . I,ouis, T,lo. 3 4 0 : 9 Kansas C i t y , hlo. 4 4 0 : 9 Long Reach, ca l$PI 6 : 10 5 : 1.1 Oakltmd, Calf f , 5 6 . 3. : 12

$nat%t@, 6phw5~, 6 7 * % s 33 I'?*A.S, Anacofi$ia, D, G o . 4 I o : n.c. *.- -*̂--. "L- -*- X - - 2 - . ,** * ,- .-*--*,-- *-*&.--- * -

Totals 77 92 8 ', , , ,,., , ,,',-I,- * . ."L ,-.< ----.---w-- I-- --.- .

~ o t a1 1 7 7

A f l o a t - T o t a l 631 . .. . .. - - . .. *.. b -. ,- - .

Type TT.S.Pleet B a t f o r Scofor Basefor A ; ; i c t i c *Sper- FhlF To ta i

"08 ?Jb $3 0 "SB V% ',TI? VDF VTR VPB VR VJ

Ashore - T o t a l 504 - "" -.-- . ~ -. - . .--"-- 'ryp e D e t a i l s Training T-ies e w e T o t a l .. -re -.-....---_.-._--- ._n.-w* -.- *... ., . ..* - -. ." . _ ..--..., ", .. . .---, ,.*.,.. I-1Y-.. ., ..-".- . . I ... - . -. -^----* - -- .. * " ,

VTR VH ',7Tv1:

Regular E s t a b l i s k u n e n t -.., . - , .---- " W --.- - -,.-..

Detai 1s far av i a t i on pe rsonnel f o r administration, development m a t r a i n i n g a r e a s fo3.lma:

Bureau o f Bero m u t i c s. 1;)) Detai l s t o o the r bureaus and o f l i c e s of t h e T\iavy Department,

( c ) Xmal ; - i soraf t FactorJ. ( d ) Naval A i r S t a t i o n s , ( a } F l e e t A i r i3ases. ( 2 ) TJavaB Resosve : L v i n t i ~ n Bases. ( g ) TJavs 1 ;LC ac?my, Annap01 i s , ( h ) Ncival Air Detail, Nev~or t , (il Pt

I) t t DGhlgren. i j j ~ o s t g r n d u a t a d e t a i l . ( k) iLvi; ti on chanic s ScX o 01 ; Gre at L&F s il\ fda-terial, inspec t i an force. 1 ,

:3p ci zT_ det z i l 6 . D e t a i l s R ~ ~ T I P O ~ ~ .

Op-38-E-EMR. NAVY DE PABTlvIEN T V Z / A ~ - l ( 3 5 1 2 3 0 ) O f f i c e o f Chief of Naval O p e r a t i o n s S e r i a l 16576 Washington, D. C,

30 December 1935,

Prom: Chief of Naval O p e r a t i o n s , T O : A l l Bureaus and O f f i c e s , F l e e t s , F o r c e s ,

A v i a t i o n U n i t s and S t a t i o n s Concerned.

SUBJECT: Naval Aeronau t i c O r g a n i z a t i o n , F i s c a l Year 1936 - S t a t u s of VP Squadrons 12F and 14F,

Refe rence : ( a ) Q ~ n a v l t r . Op-31-E-EMR ~ ~ / ~ 3 - 1 { 3 5 0 5 2 8 ) S e r i a l 16573 of 12 December 1935,

1. The p e r i o d s o f temporary d u t y i n t h e 1 3 t h and 5 t h Naval D i s t r i c t s z s s i g n e d s u b j e c t squadrons by r e f e r e n c e ( a ) , w i l l t e r m i n a t e on 31 May 1936.

2. The s c h e d u l e s of employment o f VP Squadl-ons 12F and 14F p e p a r e d by D i s t r i c t Comnandants concerned., i n accordance w i t h t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f p a r a g r s p h 2 , r e f e r e n c e ( a ) , w i l l cover t h e r e f o r e t h e t h i r d q u o r t e r and t h e f i r s t two months o f t h e f o u r t h q u a r t e r , f i s c a l y e a r 1936. There- a f t e r and u n t i l f u r t h e r n o t i c e s u b j e c t squadr3ns w i l l o p e r a t e as i n t e g r a l u n i t s of t h e comvand of Commander A i r - c r a f t Base F o r c e , U. S, F l e e t ,

J. X. T a u s s i g , Act ing .

D21e t. D i s t r i b u t i o n : I t o X ( a ) i n c l ,

LI AVY JX PAl? Tlb:CIJ T OZ%i c e of Chi cf of IL,-c-cbl 0pc:rztions

WrAshington, D. C ,

Fr o n : Chic f o f I l z v ~ ~ l 0 ; 3 c r ~ . t i 03s. T o : A l l 3ur22113 pV?nd Officcs, P l c c t s , F o r c e s ,

i ivici t ion Uni t s ;:nd S t c t i o ~ ~ s Comccrl?cd.

SUBJECT: lJc-,unl d c r o n c u t i o Q r ~ v e n i z ~ , t i o n - F i s c n l Year 1936 - Iiodific:~,tiiom of',

Ref crcncc : ( n) O-YX~LI- l c t t c r 03-38-C-U,:R ~~/1~3-1(350628 1 of 28 I.icg 1935.

PzW$c 3 , under .I..ZXIiSG1COIJ - Dclo te VB Squcidrori 1B and VP S q u 2 d r o n 5B, s u b s t i t u t e VD Squcdron 3B a n d VB Squzdroa 5B.

F5,gc 3 , under XiQJG2R - 3 c l c t c i i i j Sq~nzdron 3B 2nd VB Squr-dr:jn 5 B , ~ u b : ; t i t u t c WB Squ:i,dron 1B ;:nd Vi7 Squcdron 5B.

Dcpt. D i s t r i S : ~ t i on: I t o X ( r v ) i n c l u s i v c ,