Unit Name: | Attack Squadron 45 |
Dates: | 1 June 1945 - 8 June 1950 |
Country: | United States |
Branch: | United States Navy |
Type: | Fighter |
Nickname: | Fish-Hawks |
Aircraft Attack: | AD-1 |
VA-45, nicknamed the Fish-Hawks, was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was the first squadron to carry the VA-45 designation. The squadron was established as Torpedo Squadron VT-75 on 1 June 1945, redesignated VA-4B on 15 November 1946, and as VA-45 on 1 September 1948. It was disestablished on 8 June 1950.[1]
The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown:
The squadron first received the following aircraft in the months shown: