Delivered new to USN on 29 August 1952. Shipped to Japan and was assigned to FASRON 11 (Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron) at Atsugi, Japan. Assigned to VC-61 Detachment E aboard USS Oriskany from October 1953 - February 1954. Transferred to VMJ-1, where it operated out of Pohang, S. Korea and Atsugi, Japan until February 1956. Returned to the U.S., and after a lengthly overhaul ended up at the Naval Air Test Center at NAS Patuxent River, MD. Sent to NAS New Orleans, retired in 1959, and transferred to Baton Rouge. It is still there, but has been somewhat restored.