The VF-84 operated between 1955 until 1995. The unit nickname was the "Jolly Rogers" and between 1970 and 1975 was assigned to CVA-42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt of CVW-6 for 4 deployments. The USS FDR was originally launched as the USS Coral Sea. The final deployment of the F-4 on the USS FDR took place between January 3, 1975 and July 16, 1975. VF-84 flew several variants of the F-4 Phantom II between 1964 and 1976 when they were replaced by the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. VF-84 received their F-4N"s in 1975. F-4N 150438 was sent to MASDC as 8F0112 on August 19, 1982.
