Ex 55 and 255, this Flying Life Boat was reserialled as V115 in October 1934, shortly before CGAS Salem opened. From 1933 to 1936, the Coast Guard's aircraft also wore names of stars, and the absence of its name Arcturus would date this beautiful shot from 1936. The type was retired in August 1941. Photo by: Arthur Griffin / Griffin Museum of Photography

Five PJ-1s were built for the USCG, the first of which became the PJ-2 when it converted to tractor engines instead of pusher. General Aviation was the successor to Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America aka Atlantic Fokker. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

The Atlantic Fokker company became the General Aviation division of GM - later North American. Its (A)F-15 became the GA-15, designated FLB (Flying Life Boat) by the USCG and then PJ in the US Navy designation system. Five machines built from 1931, the first of which was converted to tractor propulsion as the PJ-2. USCG s/n 254 Amacar, s/n 255 Arcturus and the Douglas RD-1 Dolphin s/n 128 Sirius were based at Dinner Key in 1934. Photo from: US Coast Guard