Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Lapwing" yakadzorerwa paPearl Harbor 1 September 1932, Lt. R. J. Arnold ari mutungamiriri. Akasvika ari Coco Solo,
Canal Zone, 29 October nokuda kwemabasa neuto rokutsvaka ndege. Kubva muna 1933 kusvika muna 1941, "Lapwing" yakaita maekisesaizi akasiyana-siyana nemapurisa, ichibatsira kuvandudza ndege dzehondo dzeAmerica kuti dziite basa rinokosha muhondo dzaizotevera. Yakagadziriswazve seChiduku cheSeaplane Tender, AVP-1, musi wa22 January 1936, yakashanda zvikurukuru nemapurisa emvura muPanama Canal Zone, pamwe neWest Coast, uye muCaribbean.