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USS TICONDEROGA (CV/CVA/CVS-14) was one of 24 ESSEX-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named after the capture of Fort Ticonderoga in May, 1775. CV-14 was commissioned in May 1944, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning five battle stars. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). She was recommissioned too late to participate in the Korean War, but was very active in the Vietnam War, earning three Navy Unit Commendations, one Meritorious Unit Commendation, and 12 battle stars.
Month/Year
Embarked
AOR
November 1955 - August 1956
Carrier Air Group 3 (CVG-3)
Mediterranean Sea
September 1957 - April 1958
Carrier Air Group 9 (CVG-9)
Western Pacific
October 1958 - February 1959
Air Task Group 1 (ATG-1)
Western Pacific
March 1960 - October 1960
Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5)
Western Pacific
May 1961 - January 1962
Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5)
Western Pacific
January 1963 - July 1963
Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5)
Western Pacific
April 1964 - December 1964
Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5)
Western Pacific, Vietnam
September 1965 - May 1966
Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5)
Western Pacific, Vietnam
October 1966 - May 1967
Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19)
Western Pacific, Vietnam
December 1967 - August 1968
Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19)
Western Pacific, Vietnam
February 1969 - September 1969
Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16)
Western Pacific, Vietnam
March 1971 - July 1971
Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 59 (CVSG-59)
Western Pacific, Vietnam
April 1972 - May 1972
Recovery Apollo 16
South Pacific
May 1972 - July 1972
Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 53 (CVSG-53)
Western Pacific
November 1972 - December 1972
Recovery Apollo 17
South Pacific
June 1973 - July 1973
Recovery Skylab 2
East Pacific