 On establishment the squadron was equipped with eleven S2F-1 Tracker aircraft.In July 1961, the squadron transition to the S2F-3, which would later be designated the S-2D.In 1962, the squadron was relocated to NAS North Island, California, and deployed for the first time as part of Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group Fifty-Seven (CVSG-57) on board the and again in 1963.