Lineage
  01Jun1944 established  VP-27 (Patrol Squadron)
  01Oct1944 redesignated VPB-27 (Patrol Bombing Squadron)
  15May1946 redesignated VP-27 (Patrol Squadron)
  15Nov1946 redesignated VP-MS-7 (Medium Patrol Squadron (Seaplane))
  01Sep1948 redesignated VP-47 (Patrol Squadron)

Nickname
  01Jun1944 - 1963    : unknown
       1963 - 1968    : Blue Whales
       1968 - Present : Golden Swordsmen

Home Base
  01Jun1944 - 02Jun1944 : NAS Norfolk, Va.
  03Jun1944 - 27Sep1944 : NAAS Harvey Point, N.C.
  28Sep1944 - 08Dec1944 : NAS Alameda, Calif.
  09Dec1944 - 15Sep1945 : NAS Kaneohe, Hawaii
  16Sep1945 -   Mar1946 : NB Sasebo, Japan
    Mar1946 - 01Mar1949 : NAS Kaneohe, Hawaii
  02Mar1949 -   Feb1951 : NAS San Diego, Calif.
    Feb1951 -   Aug1960 : NAS Alameda, Calif.
    Aug1960 - 28Feb1965 : NAS Whidbey Island, Wash.
  01Mar1965 -   Jun1993 : NAS Moffett Field, Calif.
    Jun1993 -   Jun1999 : NAS Barbers Point, Hawii
    Dec1999 -   Apr2017 : MCB Hawaii, Hawaii
    Apr2017 -   Present : NAS Whidbey Island, Wash.