a-sl1 (AS-206)_v_bw_o_n (prob. MAF-MSFC PAO photo no. 10608 18, verso date stamped MAY 25 1966)
The sixth Saturn IB booster (S-IB-6) built at Michoud for launching in the Apollo moonshot program is rolled aboard barge for upriver trip to Huntsville, Ala., and static firing tests. This is the first booster to be shipped sans the familiar blue protective cover. Technicians decided it wasn't needed. This may be one of the boosters which will lift three astronauts into orbit aboard the Apollo capsule."
I believe it was also the first Saturn I/IB to have all white fuel tanks, not the alternating black and white.
If indeed S-IB-6, an excellent concise history of the vehicle is as follows:
SA-206: (S-IB-6/S-IVB-206/S-IU-206) Launched 5/25/1973 from KSC LC39B with CSM-116 on Skylab-2 orbital mission. Stages originally manufactured in 1966, delivered KSC December 1966, erected on LC37B on January 23, 1967 for AS-206 mission with LM-1, then destacked after AS-204 fire resulted in LM-1 reassignment to SA-204. Returned to Michoud (S-1B-6), Huntington Beach (S-IVB-6) and Huntsville (S-IU-6) during March/April 1967 for storage. Refurbished and tested in 1971-72. S-IU-206 delivered KSC June 1971. S-1B and S-IVB delivered August 1972.
Credit: Space Launch Report website, specifically:
a-sl1 (AS-206)_v_bw_o_n (prob. MAF-MSFC PAO photo no. 10608 18, verso date stamped MAY 25 1966)
The sixth Saturn IB booster (S-IB-6) built at Michoud for launching in the Apollo moonshot program is rolled aboard barge for upriver trip to Huntsville, Ala., and static firing tests. This is the first booster to be shipped sans the familiar blue protective cover. Technicians decided it wasn't needed. This may be one of the boosters which will lift three astronauts into orbit aboard the Apollo capsule."
I believe it was also the first Saturn I/IB to have all white fuel tanks, not the alternating black and white.
If indeed S-IB-6, an excellent concise history of the vehicle is as follows:
SA-206: (S-IB-6/S-IVB-206/S-IU-206) Launched 5/25/1973 from KSC LC39B with CSM-116 on Skylab-2 orbital mission. Stages originally manufactured in 1966, delivered KSC December 1966, erected on LC37B on January 23, 1967 for AS-206 mission with LM-1, then destacked after AS-204 fire resulted in LM-1 reassignment to SA-204. Returned to Michoud (S-1B-6), Huntington Beach (S-IVB-6) and Huntsville (S-IU-6) during March/April 1967 for storage. Refurbished and tested in 1971-72. S-IU-206 delivered KSC June 1971. S-1B and S-IVB delivered August 1972.
Credit: Space Launch Report website, specifically: