This aircraft never served the USN and is in fact USAAC P-12 32-096, assigned to the 73rd Pursuit Sqdn at March Field, CA, later transferring to the 95th PS. Damaged and repaired three times after landing accidents, around 1941 it was sold as NC7037U. Arriving at the navy museum in 1993, it was painted to represent F4B-4 BuNo A9029 "Felix the Cat" of VF-6 on the USS Saratoga from 1932 to 1936

Boeing FB fighter of VF-6 (VF-6B from July 1927). The squadron badge is now of VF-2 as the two squadrons have an intertwingled history. Photo by: Joseph Haase / San Diego Air & Space Museum

'Navy squadrons VF-6, VB-2, VS-2 and VT-2 in hangar at NAS Sunnyvale.' VB-2 has Curtiss BFC-2 Goshawks and a single Grumman SF-1, in the middle row, coded 2-B-19. The airship hangar had cost $2.5 million to build, but stood empty following the loss of USS Macon in February 1935. The US Army took over Moffett Field in September 1935 'and immediately became disenchanted with it, mainly due to the high cost of Hangar 1's maintenance.' Photo from: NASA