VA-45 (U.S. Navy)

Attack Squadron 45
VA-45 AD-1 in 1947
Active	1 June 1945 - 8 June 1950
Country	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Fighter
Nickname(s)	Fish-Hawks
Aircraft flown
Attack	AD-1

VA-45, nicknamed the Fish-Hawks, was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was the first squadron to carry the VA-45 designation. The squadron was established as Torpedo Squadron VT-75 on 1 June 1945, redesignated VA-4B on 15 November 1946, and as VA-45 on 1 September 1948. It was disestablished on 8 June 1950.

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

The squadron first received the following aircraft in the months shown:

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

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