VP-56

Patrol Squadron 56
VP-56 patch
Active	1 July 1946-28 June 1991
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Navy
Type	squadron
Role	Maritime patrol
Nickname(s)	Dragons
Aircraft flown
Patrol	PBY-5A Catalina PV-2 Harpoon PBM-5 Mariner P5M Marlin P2V-7/SP-2H Neptune P-3B/C Orion

VP-56, nicknamed the Dragons, was a long-lived Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was originally established as Patrol Squadron VP-900 on 1 July 1946, redesignated Medium Patrol Squadron (Landplane) VP-ML-71 on 15 November 1946, redesignated VP-661 in February 1950, redesignated VP-56 on 4 February 1953 and disestablished on 28 June 1991. It was the second squadron to be designated VP-56, the first VP-56 was redesignated OTS on 1 July 1941.

The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown:

The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown:

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons.

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