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The Grumman WF-2 Tracer (redesignated E-1B in 1962) was the first purpose-built airborne early warning aircraft used by the United States Navy. It was a derivative of the Grumman C-1 Trader and entered service in 1958. It was replaced by the more modern Grumman E-2 Hawkeye by the 1970s.

• 1969: VAW-111 as RR-700.
• 11/1969: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 1/12/1970: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1974: VAW-111 as RR-050.
• 7/1974: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 11/25/1975: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1967: RVAW-120 as GE-701.
• 9/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 1/31/1972: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• Information needed.

• 1972: RVAW-120.
• 5/3/1972: Struck off charge at NAS Norfolk, VA.

• 1970: VAW-111 as RR-707.
• 1/1970: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/25/1971: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1972: RVAW-120 as GE-704.
• 7/1972: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1965: VAW-11.
• 1967-68: VAW-111 as RR-727.

• 1962-64: VAW-11.
• 9/4/1964: Damaged beyond repair in an accident.

• 1976-77: RVAW-110 as NM-011.
• 7/1977: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• RVAW-110 as NP-010.
• 2/8/1976: Struck off charge at NARF Jacksonville, FL.
• Currently preserved onboard the USS Intrepid Museum, NY.

• 1968: VAW-121 as AS-757.
• 1969: VAW-121 as AU-70.
• 1970-71: VAW-121.
• 1972-73: VAW-121 as AU-770.
• 7/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 6/29/1976: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1968-70: VAW-121.
• 1971: VAW-121 as AT-664.
• 1978: VAW-78 as AF-010.
• 1/1978: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1963: VAW-12.
• 8/4/1963: Crashed into the sea after a bad launch off USS Enterprise. 2 crewmen were killed. Where? Or on 8/14/1963?

• 1963: VAW-12.
• 8/15/1963: Written off after a deck accident onboard USS Saratoga in the Mediterranean Sea, DBR when crash-landing F3B 143476 slid into it.

• ? as 6S-151.
• 1969: VAW-121 as AU-75.
• VAW-78 as AF-011.
• 1975: VAW-78 as AW-770.
• 1977: VAW-78.
• 11/22/1977: Struck off charge at NAS Norfolk, VA.
• Currently preserved at the New England Air Museum, CT.

• 1966: VAW-12 as AB-xxx.
• 12/14/1966: Crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin due to engine failure. 3 crewmen were killed.

• 1968: VAW-121 as GE-710.
• 1969: VAW-121 as AU-71.
• 1973: VAW-207 as AF-701.
• VAW-78 as AF-773.
• 1976: VAW-207 as AF-773.
• 2/1976: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 6/29/1976: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1962-63: VAW-11 as RR-753.
• 1965: VAW-11.
• 1968-69: VAW-111 as NP-723.
• 1969-70: VAW-11 as NP-010.
• 1970: VAW-111 as NF-011.
• 1973: VAW-111.
• 11/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Returned to service.
• 1975: RVAW-110.
• 7/10/1975: Damaged beyond repair in an accident.

• 1962-64: VAW-11.
• VAW-111 as RR-720.
• ? as NS-014.
• 1967-68: VAW-111 as RR-701.
• 1970: VAW-111 as NM-011.
• 1973: VAW-111 as NM-014.
• 7/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 6/29/1976: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1962: VAW-11 as RR-771.
• 1963: VAW-11.
• 1970: VAW-121.
• 1971: VAW-121 as AU-774.
• 9/12/1972: Struck off charge at NARF Quonset Point, RI.

• VAW-12 as AW-771.
• VAW-207 as AF-702.
• ? as NM-603.
• 1976-77: RVAW-110 as NM-012.
• 6/1977: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1962-63: VAW-11 as RR-773.
• 1976: VAW-88 as ND-713.
• 12/1976: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1963: VAW-11.
• 1966: VAW-11 as RR-703.
• 1968: VAW-11 as NM-721.
• Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 1/23/1976: Struck off charge.
• Currently preserved onboard the USS Yorktown Museum, SC.

• ? as GE-712.
• 1967: VAW-12 as AC-712.
• 1967: RVAW-120 as NM-013.
• 9/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 1/31/1972: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1962-65: VAW-11.
• 1968: VAW-111 as RR-763.
• 1970: ? as NT-013.
• 1974: VAW-307 as ND-011.
• 7/1974: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 6/29/1976: Struck off charge.
• Currently preserved at the Pima Air and Space Museum, AZ.

• 1963: VAW-11 as RR-775.
• 1965: VAW-11 as RR-xx.

• 1963: VAW-11.
• 1968: VAW-111 as RR-713.
• 1973: RVAW-110 as TT-11.
• 4/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/9/1975: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1964: VAW-12 as GE-715.
• 1968: VAW-121 as GE-713.
• 1968: VAW-121 as AS-703.
• 1969-70: VAW-121.
• 1976: VAW-78 as AW-012.
• 8/1976: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1968-71: VAW-121.
• 1972: VAW-121 as AU-774.
• 1973: VAW-121 as AE-714.
• 9/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1962: VAW-11 as RR-754.
• 1963-65: VAW-11 as RR-766.
• 1966: VAW-11 as RR-7xx.
• RVAW-110 as TT-12.
• 1971: VAW-307 as ND-010.
• 1972: VAW-307.
• 7/13/1972: Written off.

• 1968: VAW-121 as GE-715.
• 1969: VAW-121.
• ? as AW-772.
• 1977: VAW-78 as AF-013.
• 1/1977: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1969: VAW-111 as RR-011.
• 1973: VAW-111 as NS-010.
• 4/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/9/1975: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1969: VAW-111.
• 2/18/1969: Crashed into Silver Peak on Santa Catalina Island, CA. 5 crewmen were killed.

• 1967: VAW-121 as AK-701.
• 1968: VAW-121 as AS-717.
• 1969-72: VAW-121.
• 6/6/1972: Struck off charge at NARF Quonset Point, RI.

• 1968: VAW-121 as AS-705.
• 1968: VAW-111 as RR-763.
• 1969-71: VAW-121.
• 1972: VAW-121 as AT-666.
• 4/1972: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 11/25/1975: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1963: VAW-11.
• 1964: VAW-11 as NE-785.
• 1966-67: VAW-11 as RR-761.
• 1968: VAW-111 as RR-761. Or as RR-762?
• 1977: VAW-78.
• 2/8/1977: Struck off charge at NAS Norfolk, VA.

• 1970: VAW-111 as NP-012.
• 1972: RVAW-110.
• 1/17/1972: Struck off charge at NAS North Island, CA.

• 1963: VAW-11.
• 1968: VAW-111 as RR-761.
• VAW-111 as RR-768.
• 6/12/1970: Damaged beyond repair in an accident.

• Information needed.

• VAW-111 as NP-017.
• VAW-121 as AJ-012.
• 1967: VAW-121 as GE-720.
• 1969-70: VAW-121.
• 6/28/1970: Written off? Repaired?
• 10/23/1973: Struck off charge at NARF North Island, CA.

• 1962-63: VAW-11 as RR-752.
• 1965-66: VAW-11 as RR-xxx.
• 1967: VAW-111 as RR-730.
• 1970: VAW-111 as NF-012.
• 3/14/1974: Struck off charge at NARF Jacksonville, FL.

• 1960: VAW-13 as VR-786.
• 1961-62: VAW-11 as RR-706.
• 1962-63: VAW-11 as RR-745.
• 1964: VAW-11.
• 1965-66: VAW-11 as RR-7xx.
• 1970: VAW-111.
• 7/25/1970: Damaged beyond repair in an accident.

• 1963-64: VAW-11.
• 1965-67: VAW-11 as RR-761.
• 12/1/1972: Damaged beyond repair in an accident.

• 1968: VAW-111 as RR-765.
• 1970: VAW-111 as NM-012.
• 1972: VAW-111 as NM-011.
• 1973: RVAW-110 as NM-013.
• 8/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 11/25/1975: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1965: VAW-11.
• 1970: VAW-111 as NM-010.
• 1972: VAW-111 as NP-017.
• 1973: RVAW-110 as NM-014.
• 10/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 11/25/1975: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1971: VAW-111.
• 2/28/1971: Damaged beyond repair in an accident.

• 1962-63: VAW-11 as RR-750.
• 1968: VAW-111 as RR-762.
• 1971: VAW-111 as NE-016.
• 1973: VAW-111 as NE-016.
• 7/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 7/29/1974: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1964: VAW-11.
• 1965-66: VAW-11 as RR-782.
• 1967: VAW-11 as RR-725.
• 1970: VAW-111 as NF-010.
• 1973: RVAW-110 as TT-12.
• 4/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1963: VAW-11.
• 1964-65: VAW-11 as RR-783.
• 1965: VAW-11 as RR-797.
• 1967: VAW-111.
• 10/8/1967: Crashed into the side of Monkey Mountain, South Vietnam in bad weather. 5 crewmen were killed.

• 1962-63: VAW-11 as RR-747.
• 1967-68: ? as RR-767.
• 1969: VAW-111 as RR-013.
• 1973: VAW-111 as NS-013.
• 7/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1968-69: VAW-121.
• 1969-70: ? as RR-765.
• VAW-121 as AK-702.
• 1973: RVAW-110 as TT-15.
• 4/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/9/1975: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1961-63: VAW-11 as RR-748.
• 1965: VAW-11 as RR-779.
• 1969: VAW-111 as NM-013.
• 1971-72: VAW-11 as NE-011.
• 1972: VAW-111 as NM-012.
• 1975: RVAW-110 as NM-012.
• 1/1975: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1968-71: VAW-121.
• 1973: RVAW-120 as GE-700.
• 8/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1961: VAW-11 as RR-780.
• 1962: VAW-12 as AB-772.
• 1963: VAW-11 as RR-780.
• 1964-65: VAW-11 as RR-4.
• 1966: VAW-11 as RR-723.
• 1969: VAW-111 as RR-012.
• 1973: VAW-111 as NS-012.
• 7/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1961-63: VAW-11 as RR-778.
• 1967: VAW-11 as RR-726.
• 1973: RVAW-110 as TT-14.
• 4/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1966: VAW-121 as AW-725.
• 1969-71: VAW-121.
• 1972: VAW-121 as AT-661.
• 7/1972: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1963: VAW-11 as RR-783.
• VAW-88.
• 1976: VAW-121 as AE-726.
• 12/1976: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1960: VAW-11 as AB-775.
• 1962-63: VAW-12 as AJ-726.
• 1966: VAW-121 as AW-726.
• 1967: VAW-121 as AU-726.
• 10/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 1/31/1972: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1961-62: VAW-12 as AC-727.
• 1965: VAW-12.
• 3/25/1965: Damaged beyond repair in an accident.

• 1963: VAW-11 as RR-785.
• 1964-65: VAW-11 as RR-5.
• 11/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 1974: Returned to service.
• 1974: RVAW-110.
• 1974: VAW-111 as NP-014.
• 11/1974: Put back into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1963: VAW-11 as RR-786.
• 1964-65: VAW-11 as RR-6.
• 1970: VAW-111 as NP-011.
• 1971: VAW-111 as NP-014.
• 12/1971: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1968-69: VAW-121.
• 1970: VAW-121 as AT-663.
• 1971-72: VAW-121.
• 1973: RVAW-120 as GE-705.
• 7/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 12/1960: Delivered to the USN.
• 1963: VAW-11 as RR-787.
• VAW-12.
• 1968-70: VAW-121.
• 1971-72: VAW-121 as AE-711.
• ? as AC-702.
• 1975: VAW-121.
• 9/25/1975: Struck off charge at NARF Pensacola, FL.
• Currently preserved at the Naval Air Museum at NAS Pensacola, FL.

• 1961: VAW-11 as RR-788.
• 1966: VAW-11 as RR-712.
• 1977: VAW-78 as AF-012.
• 12/1977: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1966: VAW-121 as AW-729.
• 1968-69: VAW-121.
• 1971: VAW-121 as AU-771.
• 1972: VAW-121.
• 1973: RVAW-120 as GE-704.
• 9/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1967: VAW-121 as GE-730.
• 1968-71: VAW-121.
• 1977: VAW-78 as AF-013.
• 12/1977: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1962-63: VAW-11.
• 9/2/1963: Crashed into the sea while attempting to land on USS Coral Sea. 4 crewmen were killed.

• 1967: VAW-121 as GE-731.
• 1968-70: VAW-121.
• 1971-72: VAW-121 as AE-712.
• 1976: VAW-121 as AE-712.
• 1/1976: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1968-70: VAW-121.
• 1971: VAW-121 as AU-773.
• 1972: VAW-121.
• 5/16/1972: Struck off charge at NARF Quonset Point, RI.

• 1963: VAW-11.
• 1966: VAW-121 as AW-703.
• 1968: VAW-121 as GE-707.
• 1969: VAW-121 as AU-772.
• 1970: VAW-121.
• 1971: VAW-121 as AU-772.
• 1972: VAW-121 as AT-662.
• 4/1972: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 11/25/1975: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1962-63: VAW-11.
• 1972: RVAW-110 as TT-10.
• 12/1972: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 11/25/1975: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1968-70: VAW-121.
• 1971-72: VAW-121 as AU-775.
• 10/1975: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 1976: Returned to service.
• 1976-77: RVAW-110 as NM-010.
• 1977: RVAW-110 as AT-773.
• 6/1977: Put back into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1963-64: VAW-11 as RR-765.
• 1965: VAW-11 as RR-71.
• 1971: VAW-121.
• 11/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 1974: Returned to service.
• 1976: RVAW-110 as NM-014.
• 8/1976: Put back into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1967: VAW-121 as GE-734.
• 1968: RVAW-120 as GE-734.
• 1/1968: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 1/31/1972: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1969: VAW-111 as NP-0xx.
• 1973: VAW-111 as NS-015.
• 7/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1968-70: VAW-121.
• 1972-73: RVAW-120 as GE-701.
• 7/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/9/1975: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1968: VAW-121.
• 1969: VAW-121 as AU-77.
• 1970: VAW-121.
• 1971-72: VAW-121 as AE-713.
• 1976: VAW-121 as AE-713.
• 1/1976: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1965: VAW-11.
• 1971: VAW-111 as NM-012.
• 1972: VAW-111 as NP-012.
• 1972: VAW-111 as RR-xx.
• 1973: VAW-111 as NE-017.
• 7/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 7/29/1974: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1965: VAW-11.
• 1967: VAW-111 as RR-717.
• 1968: VAW-111 as RR-013.
• 1972: VAW-121 as AU-771.
• 1974: VAW-121 as AU-771.
• 5/1974: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1962-65: VAW-11.
• 1967: RVAW-120 as GE-738.
• 1973: RVAW-120 as GE-702.
• 7/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1972-73: VAW-121 as AU-773.
• 7/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 6/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1965: VAW-12.
• 9/22/1965: Ran out of fuel and ditched into the Gulf of Tonkin.

• 1961: VAW-12 as AG-739.
• 1964: VAW-12 as GE-706.
• 1968: VAW-121 as AS-706.
• 1969: VAW-121.
• 1970: VAW-121 as AJ-010.
• 1973: VAW-78 as AW-773.
• 1977: VAW-121 as AE-714.
• 4/1977: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1963: VAW-11.
• 1966-68: VAW-111 as RR-760.
• 1970: VAW-111 as NT-010.
• 1971: VAW-111 as NT-011.
• 1972-73: VAW-111 as NS-011.
• 7/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/16/1977: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1962: VAW-11 as RR-758.
• 1963-65: VAW-11.
• VAW-111 as NS-014.
• 1973-74: VAW-111 as NP-015.
• 1975: RVAW-110 as NL-015.
• 1975: RVAW-110 as NP-601.
• 10/1975: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1973: RVAW-120 as GE-703.
• 7/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/29/1978: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.
• Perhaps sold on the civilian market?

• 1964: VAW-12 as GD-714.
• 1968-69: VAW-121.
• 1970: VAW-121 as AE-xxx.
• 1977: VAW-121 as AE-xxx.
• 3/8/1977: Struck off charge at NARF Jacksonville, FL.
  
  
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