page_title: VP-24
section_title: Operational history
hierarchical_section_title: VP-24 / Operational history
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Navy Lockheed P2V-7S Neptune (BuNo 145920) of Patrol Squadron VP-24 "Batmen" in the early 1960s.
context_page_description: Patrol Squadron 24 was a Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy. The squadron was established as Bombing Squadron One Hundred Four on 10 April 1943, redesignated as Patrol Bombing Squadron One Hundred Four on 1 October 1944, redesignated as Patrol Squadron One Hundred Four on 15 May 1946, redesignated Heavy Patrol Squadron Four on 15 November 1946, redesignated Patrol Squadron Twenty Four on 1 September 1948, the third squadron to be assigned the VP-24 designation, redesignated Attack Mining Squadron Thirteen on 1 July 1956, redesignated Patrol Squadron Twenty Four on 1 July 1959 and disestablished 30 April 1995.
caption: VP-24 P-2V-7S c.1962
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