330-PS-3249 (USN 708808):  During ceremonies at California, Captain R.W.D. Woods, left, Bureau of Aeronautics Representative, accepted the Navy’s first R7V-1 Lockheed “Super Constellation” from Lockheed Aircraft Corporation President Robert K. Gross (center).  The 106 passenger plane can be quickly converted to an 18 ton cargo freighter, or a 73 patient ambulance.  It has hard facing seats.   Called “The Fastest of the Fleet,” the R7V-1 can be used for faster personnel movement, cargo shipment, and hospital plane operations, March 12, 1953.  (5/5/2015).
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