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    Airframe Family: Grumman S2F/S-2/C-121 Tracker / TF/C-1 Trader / WF/E-1 Tracer
    Latest Model:S-2 Tracker
    Last Military Serial:151647 USN
    Construction Number:180C
    Compressed ID:Grumman S-2 sn 151647 USN cn 180C
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S-2.

    25 March 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 151647.

    March 1964

    Transferred to Antisubmarine Squadron 28 (VS-28).

    Made numerous deployments aboard USS Wasp (CVS-18) and USS Essex (CVS-9).

    1967

    Transferred to Antisubmarine Squadron 24 (VS-24).

    Deployed on USS Randolph (CVS-15).

    July 1968

    Transferred to Antisubmarine Squadron 34 (VS-34), Quonset Point, RI.

    September 1968

    Transferred to Antisubmarine Squadron 34 (VS-34), NAS Glenview, IL.

    1970

    Transferred to Antisubmarine Squadron 73 (VS-73), Naval Air Facility (NAF), Detroit, MI.

    Circa 1990


    Photographer: Unknown

    1975

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 April 2010


    Photographer: Matt Maranto

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Credits
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     National Naval Aviation Museum
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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