Here is the history of 0998:
02/09/38 AirBatFor NAS Norfolk
02/10/38 VF-6
12/14/38 Forced landing, NAS Norfolk Pilot Tomamichel
08/11/39 AirBatFor San Diego
10/19/39 VMF-2
01/20/40 Landing mishap, USS Yorktown Pilot E W Seeds
02/23/40 Landing mishap, USS Yorktown Pilot Floyd Parks
06/10/40 VF-6
02/27/41 AirBatFor NAS San Diego
03/03/41 NAS Miami
03/10/41 AirBatFor NAS San Diego
03/10/41 VF-6
04/14/41 AirBatFor NAS San Diego
04/16/41 NAS Miami
08/01/42 NAS Corpus Christi
12/30/42 NRAB Norman, OK
05/23/43 Stricken