On November 6, 1967, an SP-5B Marlin of Patrol Squadron Forty (VP-40) at NAS North Island, California, made the last operational flight by seaplanes of the U.S. Navy. Shown here, an SP-5B of VP-40 flies over the coast of South Vietnam as part of Operati
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