| Date | Location | Event |
| Spring, Summer 1943 | NAS Norfolk, NAS Chincoteague |
Training |
| 10 Sep 1943 to 2 Oct 1943 |
USS Bunker Hill |
Transfer to war zone, travel from Norfolk to Pearl Harbor via Panama Canal and San Diego. |
| 11Nov1943 | Pacific theater |
First combat sorties, striking targets in Rabaul |
| Nov 1943 to Feb 1944 |
Pacific theater |
missions striking targets in Kavieng, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Truk and Tinian. |
| 2 Feb 1944 | Pacific theater |
Squadron Commanding Officer Whitaker lost in mid-air collision near Eniwetok. |
| 18 Apr 1944 | NAS Alameda | transfer |
| 29 May 1944 | NAAS Monterey | transfer |
| 17 July 1944 | NAAS Vernalis | transfer |
| 24 July 1944 | NAAS Monterey | transfer |
| 14 Aug 1944 | NAS Alameda | transfer |
| 16 Aug 1944 | USS Takanis Bay | transfer |
| 18 Aug 1944 | NAS Alameda | transfer |
| 27 Aug 1944 | NAAS Vernalis | transfer |
| 31 Aug 1944 | NAS Alameda | transfer |
| 2 Oct 1944 | NAAS Arcata | transfer |
| 19 Oct 1944 | NAS Alameda | transfer |
| 27 Oct 1944 | USS Ranger | transfer |
| 29 Oct 1944 | NAS Alameda | transfer |
| 3 Nov 1944 | NAS San Diego | transfer |
| 3 Nov 1944 | USS Hollandia | transfer |
| 10 Nov 1944 | NAS Pearl Harbor | transfer |
| 10 Nov 1944 | USS Cumberland Sound | transfer |
| 12 Nov 1944 | NAS Hilo, Hawaii | transfer |
| 12-16-1944 | NAS Pearl Harbor | transfer |
| 12-16-1944 | USS Nassau | transfer |
| 12-28-1944 | NAS Agana, Guam | transfer to war zone |
| 1-28 Jan 1945 | USS Kasaan Bay | transfer |
| 2 Feb 1945 | USS Hornet | transfer |
| 10 Feb 1945 to 4 Mar 1945 | USS Hornet at sea | |
| 16 Feb 1945 | Hachijo Jima | air strike |
| 16 Feb 1945 | Hamamatsu | air strike |
| 17 Feb 1945 | Toyahashi | air strike |
| 18 Feb 1945 | Chichi Jima | air strike |
| 20 Feb 1945 | Iwo Jima support (3) | air strike |
| 21 Feb 1945 | Iwo Jima support | air strike |
| 22 Feb 1945 | Iwo Jima support | air strike |
| 1 Mar 1945 | Miyako Hakuchi (shipping) | air strike |
| 4 Mar 1945 to 14 Mar 1945 | in port | |
| 14 Mar 1945 to 30 Apr 1945 | at sea | |
| 18 Mar 1945 | Kanoya (2)
[Task Force 58 history for this date: 58.1 – Hornet sinking s/s Nansei Maru #1, damaging Tokuho Maru and Asahi Maru in Yamakawa harbor] |
air strike |
| 19 Mar 1945 | Kure (Inland Sea) Jap Fleet | air strike |
| 23 Mar 1945 | Kerama Retto pre-invasion (3) | air strike |
| 24 Mar 1945 | Shipping in East China Sea | air strike |
| 25 Mar 1945 | Okinawa support (3) | air strike |
| 28 Mar 1945 | Okinawa support | air strike |
| 28 Mar 1945 | Okinawa support | air strike |
| 28 Mar 1945 | Jap Feet in East China Sea
[Task Force 58 history for this date: strike Okinawa, Kjushu |
air strike |
| 31 Mar 1945 | Amami Gunto Shipping | air strike |
| 1 Apr 1945 | Okinawa support (2) | air strike |
| 2 Apr 1945 | Amami Gunto shipping (2) | air strike |
| 2 Apr 1945 | Okinawa support | air strike |
| 3 Apr 1945 | Miyako Shima | air strike |
| 5 Apr 1945 | Kikai | air strike |
| 7 Apr 1945 | Jap Fleet in East China Sea (Battleship Yamato)
[Task Force 58 history for this date: attacking Yamato force: |
air strike |
| 14 Apr 1945 | Okinawa support | air strike |
| 15 Apr 1945 | Okinawa support | air strike |
| 18 Apr 1945 | Okinawa support | air strike |
| 19 Apr 1945 | Okinawa support (2) | air strike |
| 20 Apr 1945 | Kikai (3) | air strike |
| 21 Apr 1945 | Okinawa support | air strike |
| 23 Apr 1945 | Okinawa support | air strike |
| 25 Apr 1945 | Okinawa support | air strike |
| 27 Apr 1945 | Okinawa support | air strike |
| 4-30-45 to 5-9-45 | in port | |
| 5-9-45 to 6-13-45 | at sea | |
| 12 May 1945 | Okinawa support | air strike |
| 13 May 1945 | Kanoya (3) | air strike |
| 13 May 1945 | Izumi | air strike |
| 13 May 1945 | Saeki Naval Air Base | air strike |
| 14 May 1945 | Kumamoto Aircraft Factories | air strike |
| 14 May 1945 | Tachiarai | air strike |
| 14 May 1945 | Matsuyama West | air strike |
| 14 May 1945 | Kanoya | air strike |
| 17 May 1945 | Okinawa support (2) | air strike |
| 18 May 1945 | Okinawa support (2) | air strike |
| 21 May 1945 | Kikai | air strike |
| 21 May 1945 | Tokuna | air strike |
| 22 May 1945 | Shipping, East China Sea | air strike |
| 22 May 1945 | Kikai (2)
[Task Force 58 history for this date: 58.1 – Bennington and Hornet II sinking PC Ch-37, Ch-58 and LST T-173 SW of Kjsuhu between Sasebo and Oshima (29-45N, 129-10E) 58.3 strike Okinawa] |
air strike |
| 26 May 1945 | Okinawa support | air strike |
| 28 May 1945 | Okinawa support | air strike |
| 1 Jun 1945 | Okinawa supply paradrops | air operations |
| 6-3 Jun 1945 | Okinawa supply paradrops | air operations |
| 6-13 Jun 1945 | in port P. I. | |
| 6-19 Jun 1945 | at sea | Homeward bound |
| 29 Jun 1945 to 2 Jul 1945 | NAS Pearl Harbor | transfer |
| 8 Jul 1945 | San Francisco | transfer |
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In 1945 Carrier Air Group 17 consisted of VF-17, VBF-17, VB-17, and VT-17.
FIST of the FLEET Evolution
VT-17 (1943-45)
VA-6B (1946)
VA-65 (1948) Air Group II (2)
VA-25 (1959) Air Group VI (6)
VFA-25 (1983 and continuing)
VT-17 was a torpedo squadron of the United States Navy. It was established on 15 January 1941 at NAS Pensacola, Florida, and was disestablished on 15 December 1945 at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island. The squadron was nicknamed the "Torpedoes" and its insignia was a red and white torpedo on a blue background.
VT-17 was initially equipped with the TBD Devastator torpedo bomber, but transitioned to the TBM Avenger in 1943. The squadron saw action in the Pacific Theater of World War II, participating in the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf. VT-17 was also involved in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in April 1942.
The squadron earned two battle stars for its service in World War II. VT-17 was deactivated in December 1945 and was not reactivated. Blogroll
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John Hoover
January 12th, 2015 at 18:16
I noticed that the timeline starts in 1944. Torpedo 17 has a rich list of engagements starting in 1943 in Rabaul through Truk. Would you like a list from the Bunker Hill logs?
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January 26th, 2015 at 19:03
Thank you for your message. Yes I would like to get the USS Bunker Hill logs for the period VT-17 was aboard. Email dave@vt17.com
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