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• AceFlyboy1 said:

  S-2E Tracker 151650 VS-23 ‘Black Cats’. Side number 19. Code NU of CVSG-55 (Carrier Anti-Submarine Warfare Air Group 55) June 20, 1968. www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/S-2.html www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/s2-tracker-1... Grumman S2F-3S (S-2E) Tracker BuNo 151650 ………………………………………………….. 3/20/1972: Struck off charge at NARF Quonset Point, Rhode Island. 8/1972: Sold to the Turkish Navy as TCB-650. With 301 Filo. 1976: Withdrawn from use. Put into storage at Topel Air Base Turkey.

• AceFlyboy1 said:

  VS-23 was an Anti-Submarine Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was disestablished on 27 September 1968. Operational history From 19 June-2 December 1958, VS-23 was assigned to USS Princeton for a Western Pacific deployment. From 1961-68, VS-23 ‘Black Cats’ and VS-25 Golden Eagles were part of Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 55 (CVSG-55), assigned to USS Yorktown. VS-23 was embarked on USS Yorktown for three Vietnam deployments: 23 October 1964 – 16 May 1965 6 January - 27 July 1966 28 December 1967 – 5 July 1968 On 17 March 1968, an S-2E disappeared on a night anti-submarine patrol. Four days later, aircraft wreckage was recovered, and assumed to be from the plane. All four crewmen were listed as killed in action, but their bodies were never recovered. Home port assignments The squadron was assigned to these home ports: NAS North Island Los Alamitos NAS, Los Alamitos, California.