USS BON HOMME RICHARD CV/CVA-31

First Concord Squadron

TASK FORCE 90

Insignia Of The First Concord Squadron

First Concord Squadron Insignia Courtesy of Gary Rolinson OE Division, 1964-66
(The First Webmaster Of The BHR Page)

31 March 1964

On this date the United States government detached an expeditionary force to the Indian Ocean.
Designated the Concord Squadron with Bon Homme Richard at its heart.
The squadron transited the narrow Straits of Malacca ,
and became the first United States Task Force to patrol the waters of the Indian Ocean, since the mid 1950's.
Its mission- peace and good- will.

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