Ia tusi se faaauauga o lenei palakalafa - "Lapwing" na toe faafoʻisia i Pearl Harbor iā Setema 1, 1932, Lt. R. J. Arnold o loo pule ai. Na taunuu o ia i Coco Solo, Canal Zone
, 29 Oketopa mo gaoioiga ma le vaalele scouting force. Mai le 1933 i le 1941, na auai ai le "Lapwing" i faataʻitaʻiga eseese ma vaalele, ma fesoasoani ai i le atinaʻeina o le mafai gafatia o vaalele a le US mo lana matafaioi taua i taua i le lumanaʻi. Toe faʻavasegaina o se Laʻititi Vaalele Vaalele, AVP-1, i le 22 Ianuari 1936, na ia faʻagaioia muamua ma vaʻalele i le Panama Canal Zone, i le West Coast, ma le Caribbean.