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Grumman TF-1 (C-1A) Trader

Last updated on: March 29, 2018

This page is just for the early COD carrier-capable plane, a variant of the Tracer and Tracker. And yes, not a jet, I know, I know.

At the end of this page is a list of people who have graciously offered their help. Thank you all very much!

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136748

*1/19/1955: First flight.
*1/1955: Delivered to the US Navy.
*1975-76: USS F.D. Roosevelt COD plane.
*1985: USS Forrestal COD plane as 59.
*4/1985: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Salvaged.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136749

*8/14/1968: Damaged beyond repair in an accident.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136750

*1962-66: USS Oriskany COD plane as 750.
*1968: USS Coral Sea COD plane as 750.
*1969: USS Kitty Hawk COD plane as 750.
*1984: VRC-40.
*Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136751

*1958: USS Saratoga COD plane.
*VRC-40 as CD-751.
*1976: NAS Oceana Base Flight.
*7/26/1984: Struck off charge at NARF Jacksonville, FL.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136752

*1957: VS-31 as SP-21? No?
*1967: USS Intrepid COD plane as 752.
*1975: USS Nimitz COD plane as 68.
*1980: USS D.D. Eisenhower COD plane.
*4/1980: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*8/19/1982: Struck off charge.
*Sold to the civilian market and registered as N71456.
*Currently preserved at the Lauridsen Aviation Museum, Buckeye, AZ.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136753

*1967: VR-24 as JM-44.
*1975-78: NAF Mildenhall Base Flight.
*1983: VR-24 as JM-44.
*11/24/1983: Went missing over the Mediterranean Sea, along with C-1A 136772, on a flight from Palma to NAF Sigonella, Italy. Perhaps collided with each other? 7 crewmen were killed.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136754

*FASRON-11 as 754.
*1960-61: USS Lexington COD plane.
*1972: USS Lexington COD plane.
*7/12/1976: Struck off charge at NARF Pensacola, FL.
*Currently preserved at the Naval Aviation Museum at NAS Pensacola, FL.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136755

*1975: VR-30 as RW-755.
*9/9/1977: Struck off charge at NARF Jacksonville, FL.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136756

*1986: NAS Cecil Field Base Flight as 756.
*10/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Salvaged.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136757

*1957-58: USS F.D. Roosevelt COD plane.
*1973: NAF Mildenhall Base Flight.
*VRC-40 as 757.
*1980: VR-24 as JM-45.
*1984: VRC-40.
*6/22/1984: Struck off charge at NAS Norfolk, VA.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136758

*1959: VR-21.
*8/26/1959: Written off.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136759

*1966: VRC-40 as 759.
*1972-73: USS Saratoga COD plane.
*1977-78: USS Saratoga COD plane as 60.
*3/20/1984: Struck off charge at NARF Norfolk, VA.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136760

*1961: USS Independence COD plane as 760.
*1963: USS Constellation COD plane as 760.
*1968: VRC-50 as RG-14.
*1969: USS Constellation COD plane as 000.
*1984: USS D.D. Eisenhower COD plane.
*5/1984: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/23/1984: Struck off charge.
*Salvaged.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136761

*1960: VR-22 as RB-761.
*1965: USS Randolph COD plane.
*1971: VRC-40 as 761.
*1972: USS Forrestal COD plane as 59.
*6/23/1980: Struck off charge at NARF Jacksonville, FL.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136762

*1962: USS Wasp COD plane as 00.
*2/21/1962: Destroyed in a deck accident on USS Wasp in the North Atlantic when HSS-1 145663 caught fire.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136763

*1956-57: VR-24 as RD-763.
*1974: USS America COD plane.
*1979: USS Nimitz COD plane as 68.
*5/1979: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*2010: Sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never delivered?
*Salvaged?

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136764

*VRC-40 as CD-764.
*1968: VRC-40 as 764.
*8/12/1968: Crashed on the island of Crete. 3 crewmen were killed. Or on 11/15/1968?

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136765

*5/18/1960: Written off at NAS Norfolk, VA.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136766

*1954: VR-24 as RD-766.
*1968: VR-30 as RW-766.
*1975-77: USS Coral Sea COD plane as 600.
*1982-85: VRC-30.
*1986: VRC-30 as RW-01.
*4/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N6193Z.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136767

*1956: VR-24 as RD-767.
*1962-63: USS Yorktown COD plane as 767.
*1966: USS Yorktown COD plane as 767.
*1968-69: USS Yorktown COD plane as 767.
*1971: USS Ticonderoga COD plane as 000.
*1972: USS Oriskany COD plane as 000.
*VRC-50 as RG-xx.
*12/1/1983: Struck off charge at NAF Misawa, Japan.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136768

*1962: USS Keasarge COD plane.
*8/22/1962: Written off.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136769

*1955: VR-24 as RD-769.
*1962-66: USS Kitty Hawk COD plane as 769.
*1969: USS Kitty Hawk COD plane as 000.
*1971: USS Constellation COD plane as 000.
*1975: NAS Miramar Base Flight.
*1979: NAS Miramar Base Flight.
*1981: VRC-40.
*1984-86: NAF Misawa Base Flight as 769.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136770

*1958: FASRON-10.
*8/13/1958: Written off.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136771

*1961: USS Bon Homme Richard COD plane.
*2/20/1961: Written off.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136772

*VR-21 as RZ-2.
*1968: USS Intrepid COD plane as 772.
*1971-72: VRC-40.
*1982: USAF J.F. Kennedy COD plane.
*1983: VR-24 as JM-47.
*1983: USS J.F. Kennedy COD plane.
*11/24/1983: Went missing over the Mediterranean Sea, along with C-1A 136753, on a flight from Palma to NAF Sigonella, Italy. Perhaps collided with each other? 7 crewmen were killed.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136773

*1962-63: VR-21 as RZ-3.
*1964-65: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
*1981: VRC-30 as RW-773.
*10/1981: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N6193N.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136774

*VX-4 as XF-222.
*1963: VR-21 as RZ-4.
*1964-65: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
*1966: VRC-50 as RG-4.
*1967: VRC-50 as RG-14.
*1975: USS Oriskany COD plane as 000.
*1983: USS Constellation COD plane.
*3/21/1983: Flew into the side of Mount Rainier, WA. 5 crewmen were killed.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136775

*1970: NAS Oceana Base Flight.
*1971-72: VR-24 as JM-775.
*3/9/1984: Struck off charge at NARF Jacksonville, FL.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136776

*1961-62: VR-21 as RZ-2.
*1963-65: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
*1966: VR-21 as RZ-2.
*1966-67: USS Hornet COD plane as 776.
*1969-70: USS Hornet COD plane as 000.
*1977: VRC-50 as RG-324.
*1984-86: NAF Misawa Base Flight as 776.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136777

*1966-67: VRC-50 as Rx-xx.
*1970: USS B.H. Richard COD plane as 777.
*1975: USS Hancock COD plane as 000.
*1/23/1984: Struck off charge at NARF Norfolk, VA.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136778

*1963-64: USS Essex COD plane.
*1969: VRC-40.
*1976-77: USS F.D. Roosevelt COD plane.
*VR-24 as JM-778.
*2/1987: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N61920 and N778SR.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136779

*1958: FASRON-6.
*2/20/1958: Written off.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136780

*1969: USS J.F. Kennedy COD plane.
*1976-78: USS Lexington COD plane as 780.
*4/1978: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*8/19/1982: Struck off charge.
*Salvaged.
*Cockpit currently preserved in Santa Clara, CA.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136781

*VRC-40 as 781.
*1982-84: VRC-30.
*1985: VRC-30 as RW-01.
*9/1985: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N475AM.
*Currently preserved at the Pacific Coast Air Museum, CA.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136782

*1962: USS B.H. Richard COD plane as 782.
*1965: USS B.H. Richard COD plane.
*1966: VRC-50 as RG-12.
*1972: USS Ticonderoga COD plane as 000.
*1976: VX-5 as XE-xx.
*1983: USS Constellation COD plane.
*8/18/1983: Struck off charge.

TF-1Q (EC-1A) Trader b/n 136783

*1956: VR-24 as JM-8.
*VAAW-35 as VV-xx.
*VAW-11 as RR-xx.
*1960: VAW-13 as VR-xx.
*1970: USS Shangri-La COD plane as 000.
*1978: USS Nimitz COD plane as 68.
*1980: NAS Brunswick Base Flight.
*7/1980: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*8/19/1982: Struck off charge.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136784

*1965: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
*9/12/1965: Crashed into the South China Sea after a bad launch off USS Independence. 1 crewman was killed.

TF-1Q (EC-1A) Trader b/n 136785

*VAW-33.
*VAAW-33.
*VAQ-33.
*1976: VR-30.
*1982-85: VRC-30.
*6/24/1985: Struck off charge at NAS North Island, CA.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136786

*1963-65: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
*1973: USS Ranger COD plane as 000.
*VR-30 as RW-786.
*1982-85: VRC-30.
*1986: VRC-30 as RW-06.
*6/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32619.

TF-1Q (EC-1A) Trader b/n 136787

*VAAW-35 as VV-xx.
*1959: VAW-11 as RR-799.
*1962: VAW-11 as RR-799.
*VAW-13 as VR-xx.
*1968: VA-122 as NJ-200.
*Converted to C-1A.
*1982: USS D.D. Eisenhower COD plane as 69.
*4/2/1982: Crashed into Souda Bay, Crete. 11 crewmen were killed. Hit a mountain?

TF-1Q (EC-1A) Trader b/n 136788

*VAW-33.
*VAAW-33.
*VAQ-33 as GD-788.
*Converted to C-1A.
*1982-83: VRC-30 as RW-05.
*5/1983: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*6/30/1983: Struck off charge.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N788RR and N6788.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136789

*1967: USS Saratoga COD plane.
*7/12/1967: Written off at NAS Sigonella, Italy.
*Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard?

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136790

*1967: COMSEVENTHFL as 790.
*1968-70: USS Hancock COD plane as 000.
*Was preserved at the Florence Air and Missile, Museum, SC.
*Currently preserved at the Grisson ARB Museum, IN.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136791

*7/9/1956: First flight.
*VR-5.
*1960: VR-21 as RZ-7.
*VR-21 as RZ-5.
*1963-64: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
*1965-66: VR-21 as RZ-00.
*1971: USS Oriskany COD plane as 000.
*VRC-50 as RG-323.
*1982: VRC-50.
*5/1982: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/7/1983: Struck off charge.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N26GH and N27PH.
*10/15/2012: Crashed near Skwentna, AK. Pilot was killed.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 136792

*Converted to WF-2 (E-1B) prototype.
*12/17/1956: First flight as such.
*1983: NATTC Lakehurst, NJ.
*2/23/1983: Struck off charge.
*Currently preserved at the Quonset Air Museum, RI.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146016

*1964: USS Hornet COD plane as 016.
*1967: USS Intrepid COD plane.
*8/8/1967: Crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin after engine failed on launch from USS Intrepid.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146017

*1963: USS Bennington COD plane.
*5/15/1963: Written off. Or on 5/16/1963?

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146018

*1969: VRC-40.
*1972-73: VRC-40.
*1984: NAS Cecil Field Base Flight.
*5/1984: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/23/1984: Struck off charge.
*Salvaged.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146019

*1966: VR-24 as JM-019.
*1969: VR-24 as JM-xx.
*7/10/1969: Written off.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146020

*1968: USS Constellation COD plane as 000.
*1979: NAF Misawa Base Flight as 020.
*1983-86: NAF Misawa Base Flight as 020.
*1986: Salvaged at NAF Misawa, Japan.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146021

*1964: USS Enterprise COD plane.
*11/21/1975: Struck off charge at NARF Alameda, CA.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146022

*1966: USS Coral Sea COD plane as 022.
*1969: USS B.H. Richard COD plane as 022.
*1969: USS B.H. Richard COD plane as 000.
*1971-74: NAS Atsugi Base Flight.
*1978: NAS Atsugi Base Flight as 022.
*VRC-50 as RG-xx.
*1980-83: USS Ranger COD plane as 000.
*1983: NAS Whiting Field Base Flight.
*10/1983: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*10/26/1983: Struck off charge.
*3/1986: Sent to be a target on the Fort Bragg Range, NJ? No?

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146023

*1960: USS Hornet COD plane as 023.
*1967-68: USS Keasarge COD plane as 023.
*1969: USS Keasarge COD plane as 000.
*1969-70: USS Hornet COD plane as 000.
*1974-76: NAS Atsugi Base Flight as 023.
*11/1/1976: Crashed on a golf course near NAS Atsugi, Japan.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146024

*FASRON-8 as 024.
*VRC-40 as xx-024.
*1969-70: VRC-40 as RG-300.
*1971: NAS Cubi Point Base Flight as 024.
*1975: USS Enterprise COD plane as 000.
*1982-85: VRC-30.
*1986: VRC-30 as RW-02.
*6/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32628.
*2010: Sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never delivered?

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146025

*1963: VR-24 as JM-025.
*1974: VR-24 as JM-025.
*1986: VRC-40.
*10/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32636.
*2010: Sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never delivered?

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146026

*1967: VRC-40 as 026.
*USS Kitty Hawk COD plane as 000.
*1979: VRC-40 as RG-026.
*2/1979: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*2010: Sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never delivered?
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32637.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146027

*NTPS.
*1984-85: VCR-40 as 027.
*12/1985: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32654.
*2010: Sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never delivered?

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146028

*1965: NAF Naples Base Flight.
*1971: VF-24 as JM-028.
*1983: VR-24 as JM-42.
*1985: VRC-40.
*11/1985: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32658.
*2010: Sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never delivered?

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146029

*VRC-40 as xx-029.
*Was preserved onboard the USS Lexington Museum, Corpus Christi, TX.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N6192F and N7171M.
*Was preserved at the Flying Tigers Warbird Museum in Kissimmee, FL.
*Currently stored in Kissimmee, FL.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146030

*1986: VRC-40.
*2/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32689.
*Currently stored at the AMARC bone yard.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146031

*1968: USS Enterprise COD plane as 031.
*1969: USS Enterprise COD plane as 000.
*1974: NAS Jacksonville Base Flight as 031.
*1985-86: VRC-40 as 031.
*11/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32695.
*2010: Sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never delivered?

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146032

*USS Shangri-La COD plane as 032.
*1968: USS Hancock COD plane.
*11/26/1968: Written off.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146033

*1967: USS Ticonderoga COD plane as 033.
*10/23/1967: Written off.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146034

*5/1958: Delivered to the US Navy.
*VRC-40 as xx-034.
*1969: USS Independence COD plane as 62.
*1972: VR-24 as JM-034.
*1987: USS Independence COD plane.
*Currently preserved at the Wings of Freedom Museum at NAS Willow Grove, PA.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146035

*1962-65: VR-21 as RZ-8.
*1967: VRC-50 as RG-8.
*1968-69: NAF Cam Ranh Bay Base Flight.
*1971: VRC-50 as RG-302.
*1971-74: USS Midway COD plane as 000.
*1974: USS Midway COD plane as 600.
*1975: USS Midway COD plane as 032.
*1975-76: USS Midway COD plane as 600.
*1977: USS Midway COD plane as 800.
*8/25/1977: Crashed into the sea after take-off from USS Midway.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146036

*1961: VR-23 as RK-6.
*1963: USS Ticonderoga COD plane.
*1963-64: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
*1965: VR-21 as RZ-1.
*1967: VRC-50 as RG-5.
*1968: USS Ranger COD plane as 036.
*1970: VRC-50 as RG-303.
*1978-79: USS Midway COD plane as 600.
*1981: USS Midway COD plane as 600.
*1982-85: USS Midway COD plane as 700.
*8/1985: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32705.
*Currently preserved onboard the USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146037

*VR-24 as JM-037.
*1972: VR-24 as JM-xx.
*1/17/1972: Crashed into the sea off Catania AB, Italy. 6 crewmen were killed.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146038

*1986: USS Lexington COD plane as 16.
*5/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32709.
*Currently preserved on Celebrity Row at the AMARC bone yard.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146039

*1966: USS Coral Sea COD plane as 000.
*1967: USS Bennington COD plane as 039.
*1968: USS Coral Sea COD plane as 039.
*1968-70: USS Coral Sea COD plane as 000.
*1973: USS Coral Sea COD plane as 000.
*1978: VRC-50 as RG-325.
*1981-83: NAF Misawa Base Flight as 039.
*12/28/1983: Struck off charge at NAF Misawa, Japan.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146040

*1972-73: VRC-40 as 040.
*1977: VRC-40 as 040.
*1983: VRC-40.
*8/23/1983: Crashed while doing touch-and-goes at Elizabeth City APT, NC. 4 crewmen were killed.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146041

*VR-21 as RZ-xx.
*1978: USS Constellation COD plane as 000.
*1982-83: VRC-30.
*1984-86: VRC-30 as RW-03.
*6/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32720.
*Currently stored at the AMARC bone yard.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146042

*1962: VR-24 as JM-042.
*1965: USS Ticonderoga COD plane as 042.
*1965-69: USS Bennington COD plane.
*1974: USS Kitty Hawk COD plane.
*1977-78: USS Kitty Hawk COD plane as 000.
*1981: VRC-30 as RW-xx.
*11/17/1981: Damaged beyond repair in an accident.
*1985: Wreck salvaged at NAS North Island, CA.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146043

*1966: VRC-40 as 043.
*1974: VRC-40.
*1977-81: USS America COD plane.
*1981-83: VRC-40.
*1986: VRC-40 as 043.
*1986: VRC-40 as 025.
*10/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N5054X.
*Currently stored at the AMARC bone yard.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146044

*1964: VRC-40.
*1969: VRC-40.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N71459 and N189G.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146045

*VRC-40 as xx-045.
*NAS Norfolk Base Flight.
*1987: Burnt up in fire training at MCAS Beaufort, SC.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146046

*1963-65: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
*VR-21 as RZ-7.
*1975: VR-30 as RW-046.
*1976: VR-30.
*1979: USS Ranger COD plane as 000.
*8/14/1980: Crashed into the sea off San Clemente Island, CA. 4 crewmen were killed.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146047

*1965: USS Independence COD plane.
*8/30/1965: Crashed while landing at Da Nang AB, South Vietnam.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146048

*1961: USS F.D. Roosevelt COD plane.
*1974: VR-24 as JM-048.
*1975: USS Independence COD plane.
*9/30/1988: Withdrawn from use.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N7171M.
*Was preserved in Chino, CA.
*Currently preserved at the Palm Springs Air Museum, CA.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146049

*1971: VR-24 as JM-049.
*1974: VR-24 as JM-049.
*1984: NAS Meridian Base Flight.
*9/1984: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*10/2/1984: Struck off charge.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N81389.
*Currently preserved in Aurora, IL.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146050

*VR-24 as xx-050.
*1972: VRC-40 as 050.
*1973-78: VR-30.
*1978: VRC-30.
*NAF Lakehurst, NJ as JK-050.
*4/1987: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N52705.
*Was this one ever a ground trainer at NAF Lakehurst, NJ?
*Currently stored at the AMARC bone yard.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146051

*1968: USS America COD plane.
*1970: USS America COD plane as 000.
*1984: VRC-40.
*1986: VRC-40.
*7/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N5271B and N32636.
*Currently stored at the AMARC bone yard.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146052

*VR-24 as JM-052.
*1976: VRC-40.
*1981: NAS Sigonella Base Flight.
*4/1981: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*8/19/1982: Struck off charge.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N81193.
*Currently preserved at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, TX.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146053

*1963-65: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
*VR-21 as RZ-1.
*1977: USS Constellation COD plane as 000.
*VRC-40.
*VRC-30 as RW-11.
*1982-83: VRC-30.
*5/1983: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/31/1983: Struck off charge.
*Salvaged.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146054

*1968: USS Kitty Hawk COD plane.
*1/16/1968: Crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin after a bad launch off USS Kitty Hawk. 3 crewmen were killed.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146055

*NAS Alameda, CA as 055.
*1969: USS Ticonderoga COD plane as 000.
*1977: NAF Misawa Base Flight as 055.
*1982: VRC-30 as RW-355.
*1983-85: VRC-30.
*1986: VRC-30 as RW-04.
*6/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N5271K.
*Currently stored at the AMARC bone yard.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146056

*1966: VR-21 as RZ-056.
*1986: Salvaged at NAF Misawa, Japan.

TF-1 (C-1A) Trader b/n 146057

*1971: NAS Cubi Point Base Flight as 057.
*1976: NAS Lemoore Base Flight.
*USS Enterprise COD plane as 000.
*1982-84: VRC-30.
*1985: VRC-30 as RW-00.
*12/1985: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32579.
*2010: Sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never delivered?

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For their assistance in various parts of this project, I would like to give thanks to the following individual people...

Bill Stein
Ron Picciani
Clive Turner
eLaRef
Tjalling Boelman
Joseph W. Brown Jr.
Jerry Jones
John Benton
Tom McTigue
David Wilson
Ernest Lee
Pat McConnell
Bill Stevens
Ron Hansen
Gerrit Kok
Boerries Burkhardt
Jay Williams

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