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    Airframe Family: Consolidated Fleet 1/2/3/4/5/6/7 Fawn/8/10/11/14/16 Finch/21/PT-6/N2Y
    Latest Model:N2Y-1
    Last Military Serial:A8605 USN
    Compressed ID:Fleet N2Y-1 sn A8605 USN
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a N2Y-1 by Fleet.

    March 1930

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo A8605.

    March 1930

    Transferred to NAS Los Angeles, CA.

    1931

    Transferred to USS Akron (ZRS-4).
    With a skyhook installed, it was used for training pilots in launching from and recovery to airships.

    From 1933 to After December 1941

    Transferred to USS Saratoga (CV-3).
    After USS Akron crashed in April 1933, served as utility aircraft aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3), still serving there at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

    1984

    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

    27 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola

    8 October 2011


    Photographer: Matt Maranto
    Notes: Aircraft has been moved to floor

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     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
     1000 Aircraft Photos (Aeroplane Photo Supply) by Ron Dupas and Johan Visschedijk
    National Naval Aviation Museum
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Matt Maranto
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