page_title: VS-23
section_title: Operational history
hierarchical_section_title: VS-23 / Operational history
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Navy Grumman S-2E Tracker (BuNo 151648) of Anti-Submarine Squadron 23 (VS-23) "Black Cats", Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 55 (CVSG-55), landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CVS-10) during a deployment to the Western Pacific in 1964 or 1968.
context_page_description: VS-23 was an Anti-Submarine Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was disestablished on 27 September 1968.
context_section_description: From 19 June-2 December 1958, VS-23 was assigned to USS Princeton for a Western Pacific deployment.
  From 1961-68, VS-25 and VS-25 Golden Eagles were part of Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 55 (CVSG-55), assigned to USS Yorktown.
  VS-23 was embarked on USS Yorktown for three Vietnam deployments:
  23 October 1964 – 16 May 1965
  6 January-27 July 1966
  28 December 1967 – 5 July 1968
  On 17 March 1968, an S-2E disappeared on a night anti-submarine patrol. Four days later, aircraft wreckage was recovered, and assumed to be from the plane. All four crewmen were listed as killed in action, but their bodies were never recovered.
caption: VS-23 S-2 Tracker lands on USS Yorktown c.1964
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