 Given the designation KA3N-2, the Gorgon IIIC was limited to a production run of twelve airframes.Redesignated KU3N-2 with the end of the war, six were utilized by the Navy in trials of missile stability, control, and performance; the other six were used by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) for research into flight conditions at high subsonic speeds, launched from the Pilotless Aircraft Research Station at Wallops Island, Virginia, using a purpose-built launch ramp.The Gorgon IIIC was redesignated RTV-4, then RTV-N-4, before being retired.