A photo reconnaissance version was proposed, under the name of F3H-2P but it was never materialized. The Demon remained as the Navy's main fighter until 1962 when it was retired from active service when the McDonnell Douglas Phantom II (which was a development of a "Super-Demon" concept) was accepted into service. It was developed during the Korean war to counter the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, it didn't claim any aerial victories with missiles or dogfights even if it flew over Lebanon and Kinmen during the Lebanon Crisis and Second Taiwan strait crisis respectively in 1958.
In 1962 the F3H Demon was redesignated as the F-3, the F3H-2N as the F-3C, the F3H-2M as the MF-3B and the F3H-2 became the F-3B.
It remained in service with the VF-161 Squadron until september 1964.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_F3H_Demon
2. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters
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