# VS-33

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|dates= ? –5 June 1944
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'''Scouting Squadron 33 (VS-33)''' was a [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) [anti-submarine warfare](/source/anti-submarine_warfare) squadron in [World War II](/source/World_War_II).

==World War II==
As part of [Eastern Sea Frontier](/source/Eastern_Sea_Frontier) Force Headquarters Air Group operation plan 1-43, the squadron flew anti-submarine patrols while temporarily based at [Naval Air Station Quonset Point](/source/Naval_Air_Station_Quonset_Point), Rhode Island, and a detachment at [Naval Auxiliary Air Station Martha's Vineyard](/source/Naval_Auxiliary_Air_Station_Martha's_Vineyard), Massachusetts.<ref name=WD12-1943>VS-33. "War Diary December 1 to 31, 1943", dated 1 January 1944, page 1 (accessed from ''[Fold3](/source/Fold3) website'').</ref> During this operation, the higher headquarters was [Fleet Air Wing 9](/source/Fleet_Air_Wing_9) of the [Atlantic Fleet Air Force](/source/Naval_Air_Force_Atlantic) for administration and Headquarters Air Group of Eastern Sea Frontier for operations.<ref name=WD12-1943/> Weather permitting, the squadron maintained a routine of two sets of two-plane patrols per day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, originating from both Quonset Point and Martha's Vineyard.<ref name=WD12-1943/>

In this squadron, the OS2U-3 airplanes were radio equipped, and were armed with one fixed .30 caliber machine gun with 500 rounds of ammunition, as well as two Mark 17, 325 pound [depth bombs](/source/Depth_charge).<ref name=WD4-1944>VS-33. "War Diary March 1 to 31, 1944", dated 1 April 1944, page 1 (accessed from ''Fold3 website'').</ref> The SBD-5 airplanes were radio and radar equipped, and were armed with two fixed [M2 Browning](/source/M2_Browning) .50 caliber machine guns each with 180 rounds of ammunition, as well as two Mark 47, 350 pound depth bombs.<ref name=WD4-1944/>

==References==
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Category:American theater of World War II
Category:Military units and formations of the United States Navy in World War II
Category:Sea control squadrons of the United States Navy
Category:Submarine warfare in World War II

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