# VS-25

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**VS-25** was an **Anti-Submarine Squadron** of the [U.S. Navy](/source/U.S._Navy). Originally established as **Composite Squadron 25 (VC- 25)** on 1 April 1949, it was redesignated **Anti-Submarine Squadron (VS-25)** on 20 April 1950 and disestablished on 27 September 1968.

## Operational history

The squadron was the second to be equipped with the [Grumman AF Guardian](/source/Grumman_AF_Guardian).[1]

VS-25 was embarked on the [USS *Bairoko*](/source/USS_Bairoko_(CVE-115)) when it was deployed to Korea from 1 December 1951 to 10 June 1952.[2]

From 1961 to 1968, VS-25 and [VS-23](/source/VS-23) were part of Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 55 (CVSG-55), assigned to the [USS *Yorktown* (CVS-10)](/source/USS_Yorktown_(CVS-10))

VS-25 was embarked on USS *Yorktown* for three Vietnam deployments:[3]

- 23 October 1964 – 16 May 1965
- 6 January-27 July 1966
- 28 December 1967 – 5 July 1968

## Home port assignments

The squadron was assigned to these home ports:

- [NAS North Island](/source/NAS_North_Island)

## Aircraft assignment

- [TBM-3E Avenger](/source/Grumman_TBF_Avenger)
- [AF Guardian](/source/Grumman_AF_Guardian)
- [S-2 Tracker](/source/Grumman_S-2_Tracker)

## See also

- [List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons](/source/List_of_inactive_United_States_Navy_aircraft_squadrons)
- [History of the United States Navy](/source/History_of_the_United_States_Navy)

## References

1. Wagner, Ray (1982). [*American Combat Planes*](https://archive.org/details/americancombatpl0000wagn/page/498). Doubleday & Company. p. [498](https://archive.org/details/americancombatpl0000wagn/page/498). ISBN 0385131208.

1. Campbell, Douglas (2013). *U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and MATS Aircraft Lost During the Korean War*. Syneca Research Group Inc. pp. 11–12. ISBN 9781304610737.

1. ["Carrier, Carrier Based Squadrons and Non-Carrier Based Squadron Deployments to Vietnam"](https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/histories/naval-aviation/pdf/app26.pdf). Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. 1995. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

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