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    Airframe Family: Lockheed S-3 Viking
    Latest Model:S-3B Viking
    Last Military Serial:160599 USN
    Construction Number:394A-1179
    Compressed ID:Lockheed S-3B sn 160599 USN cn 394A...
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S-3B.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 160599.

    To USS Midway Museum-Restoration Facility, North Island NAS, San Diego, CA.
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    Markings Applied: 700, NAVY VS-31, 0599, NG, 00, TOPCATS

    By October 2008

    To USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, CA.
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    10 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    19 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    19 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    10 December 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: This photo was taken at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.

    July 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    29 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: On board USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, CA, USA.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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