The personnel of attack squadron VA-83 <i>Rampagers</i> in front of a Douglas A4D-2 <i>Skyhawk</i> (BuNos 142418).  VA-83  was assigned to <i>Air Task Group 201 (ATG-201)</i> on the aircraft carrier <i>USS Essex (CVA-9)</i> during a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean from 2 February to 17 November 1958. The A4D-2 wears the seldom seen tail code "AP".
USN
1958
U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News November 1958 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1958/nov58.pdf">[1]</a>