VS-33, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 14 relations: Ancestry.com, Anti-submarine warfare, Battle of the Atlantic, Depth charge, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Eastern Sea Frontier, Grumman G-44 Widgeon, M2 Browning, Naval Air Force Atlantic, Naval Auxiliary Air Station Martha's Vineyard, Patrol Wing, Quonset Point Air National Guard Station, Vought OS2U Kingfisher, World War II.

2. Military units and formations of the United States Navy in World War II
3. Sea control squadrons of the United States Navy
4. Submarine warfare in World War II

Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.

See VS-33 and Ancestry.com

Anti-submarine warfare

Anti-submarine warfare (ASW, or in the older form A/S) is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, submarines, or other platforms, to find, track, and deter, damage, or destroy enemy submarines.

See VS-33 and Anti-submarine warfare

Battle of the Atlantic

The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II. VS-33 and Battle of the Atlantic are American Theater of World War II and submarine warfare in World War II.

See VS-33 and Battle of the Atlantic

Depth charge

A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon designed to destroy submarines by detonating in the water near the target and subjecting it to a destructive hydraulic shock.

See VS-33 and Depth charge

Douglas SBD Dauntless

The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944.

See VS-33 and Douglas SBD Dauntless

Eastern Sea Frontier

The Eastern Sea Frontier (EASTSEAFRON) was a United States Navy operational command during World War II, that was responsible for the coastal waters from Canada to Jacksonville, Florida, extending out for a nominal distance of two hundred miles. VS-33 and Eastern Sea Frontier are American Theater of World War II and submarine warfare in World War II.

See VS-33 and Eastern Sea Frontier

Grumman G-44 Widgeon

The Grumman G-44 Widgeon is a small, five-person, twin-engined, amphibious aircraft.

See VS-33 and Grumman G-44 Widgeon

M2 Browning

The M2 machine gun or Browning.50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by John Browning.

See VS-33 and M2 Browning

Naval Air Force Atlantic

The Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (a. k. a. COMNAVAIRLANT, AIRLANT, and CNAL) is the aviation Type Commander (TYCOM) for the United States Naval aviation units operating primarily in the Atlantic under United States Fleet Forces Command.

See VS-33 and Naval Air Force Atlantic

Naval Auxiliary Air Station Martha's Vineyard

Naval Auxiliary Air Station Martha's Vineyard was a United States Navy facility located in Edgartown and West Tisbury, Massachusetts operational from 1943 to 1946.

See VS-33 and Naval Auxiliary Air Station Martha's Vineyard

Patrol Wing

A Patrol Wing (PatWing) was a United States Navy aviation unit with the commander of a Patrol Wing known as the Commodore, the ComPatWing or COMPATWING.

See VS-33 and Patrol Wing

Quonset Point Air National Guard Station

Quonset Point Air National Guard Station is the home base of the Rhode Island Air National Guard 143rd Airlift Wing. Naval Air Station (NAS) Quonset Point was a United States Naval Base in Quonset Point, Rhode Island that was deactivated in 1974. Next to NAS Quonset Point was Camp Endicott at Davisville, home of the Naval Construction Battalions known as the Seabees.

See VS-33 and Quonset Point Air National Guard Station

Vought OS2U Kingfisher

The Vought OS2U Kingfisher is an American catapult-launched observation floatplane.

See VS-33 and Vought OS2U Kingfisher

World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

See VS-33 and World War II

See also

Military units and formations of the United States Navy in World War II

• Fast Carrier Task Force
• Naval Aviation Photographic Unit
• Task Force 16
• Task Force 17
• Task Force 31
• Task Force 37
• Task Force 57
• Transition Training Squadron Atlantic
• United States Navy Argus Units
• VF-2 (1927–1942)
• VF-2 (1943–1945)
• VF-6
• VF-71 (1942–1959)
• VFA-14
• VS-1D7
• VS-33
• Wolfpack (naval tactic)

Sea control squadrons of the United States Navy

• Sea Control Squadron 21
• VS-1D7
• VS-22
• VS-23
• VS-24
• VS-25
• VS-29
• VS-31
• VS-32
• VS-33
• VS-35
• VS-35 (1990–2005)
• VS-37
• VS-38
• VS-41

Submarine warfare in World War II

• Action of 13 November 1943
• Action of 14 February 1944
• Action of 17 July 1944
• Action of 24 July 1945
• Action of 8 June 1945
• Allied submarines in the Pacific War
• Attack on Sydney Harbour
• Battle of the Atlantic
• Eastern Sea Frontier
• End Around (submarine tactic)
• Fremantle submarine base
• Japanese submarines in the Pacific War
• Mediterranean U-boat campaign of World War II
• Sinking of U-864
• Submarine warfare in the Black Sea campaigns (1941)
• Submarine warfare in the Black Sea campaigns (1942)
• Submarine warfare in the Black Sea campaigns (1943)
• Submarine warfare in the Black Sea campaigns (1944)
• Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy
• VS-1D7
• VS-33
• War Order No. 154
• Worek Plan

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VS-33