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Description
| Manufacturer: | Martin | |
| Base model: | P-5 | |
| Designation: | SP-5 | |
| Version: | B | |
| Nickname: | Marlin | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Tri-Service | |
| Designation Period: | 1962-Present | |
| Basic role: | Patrol | |
| Modified Mission: | Anti-submarine | |
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Specifications
| Length: | 100' 7" | 30.6 m | |
| Height: | 32' 8" | 9.9 m | |
| Wingspan: | 118' 2" | 36.0 m | |
| Gross Weight: | 85,000 lb | 38,548 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Wright R-3350-30WA | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 3250 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 2,050 miles | 3,301 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 150 mph | 241 km/h | 130 kt |
| Max Speed: | 251 mph | 404 km/h | 218 kt |
| Ceiling: | 24,000 ft | 7,314 m | |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| National Museum of Naval Aviation | NAS Pensacola | Florida |
SP-5B on display
National Museum of Naval Aviation |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Preston Whitt , AZ | The engine for the Martin SP5B is actually R3350-32wa (water alcohol injection). Previously VP-50 crew 5 Plane Captain. 12/02/2014 @ 07:56 [ref: 68800] |
| R Risley , NJ | The correct engine for the SP5-B was the Curtis Wright 3350-32W (W for water injection) Turbo Compound developing 3,700 hp at take off. 03/09/2013 @ 14:15 [ref: 67657] |
| R J Risley , NJ | I was a crew member on one of the planes involved in the Galapagos adventure. You can read about it on our website www.vp48.org. The specific page is located at http://www.vp48.org/index_page0314.html. There is also a short video made from 8mm film. 03/08/2013 @ 02:53 [ref: 67651] |
| Jeff Jarvis , KY | In the mid 1960s not too long before the Marlin was retired we had them flying into the Pacific side of the Canal Zone from maneuvers in the Galapagos Islands. An anchorage had been setup beside the causeway at Fort Amador and they refueled from USAF tanker trucks at the mine docks (where Panama Canal pilots would take a launch out to ships transiting the Canal) located at the first of the islands by the entrance to the Canal. I have the Ginter book on the P5M and it does not mention this operation anywhere. Can anyone shed any further light on this? Seaplane tender, Squadron(s) involved, etc? Thanks! 08/11/2012 @ 10:38 [ref: 65278] |
| John Truesdale Tucson, AZ | I wanted to be an aircraft mechanic when I joined the Navy but I ended up with white stripes. First duty station was the USS SHIELDS DD-596 (1964-1967)in San Diego. I'd sit there and watch the Marlins cruise up and down the harbor wishing I could be a part. 11/24/2010 @ 01:58 [ref: 33357] |
| Jim Holland Clifton, VA | Ref P-5m landing in Ascarate Lake, El Paso, TX.
I was a boy of 10 when my dad took the family down to Ascarate Lake to see the P5M that had made an emergency landing. One of the crewmen was out on the wing patiently answering the crowd's questions. Little did I know that years later, I would join that community as a P-3C TACCO (VP-24, VP-30, VP-9). I understood at the time that due to short take off distance and minimum fuel requirements, they recovered 100 miles up the Rio Grande River at Elephant Butte Resevoir in New Mexico. I was not aware that they dug (?) a causeway (?), or canal, to increase the 'runway' length. 12/30/2008 @ 14:34 [ref: 23383] |
| Bruce Barth Austin, TX | Sorry to hear Rusty Williams passed away, I knew him well. I have a copy of his Ascarate Lake film if anyone is interested. I flew with VP-40 (65-67) and am a historian and author on the Martin PBM & P5M. bbarth1@austin.rr.com 11/28/2008 @ 10:11 [ref: 23154] |
| Passing through , NE | Sad to say, Rusty Williams passed away last year from cancer. You could contact his wife in Coronado to see if she still has the film. Last known address was Coronado Ave, Coronado, CA. 06/17/2008 @ 02:24 [ref: 21507] |
| Art Tobkin Bagley, MN | There have been recent queries as to the P5M-2 that made a forced landing in Lake Ascarate, near El Paso, TX, in April 1960.
Here are a few reference sources (can not verify if these are even available anymore, but I have copies available): "The North Islander" (the paper published at North Island Naval Air Station), dated May 27, 1960; the "El Paso Herald-Post", dated April 10 through April 23, 1960; and the MARINER/MARLIN ASSOCIATION "Newsletter", dated February 2002, Volume 19, No. 3. The crew that successfully landed the Marlin (the aircraft was from VP-48 and was enroute to Baltimore for "re-work") in the 3000' long lake was from VR(F)-32, based at North Island Naval Air Station. The crew that flew the Marlin from Lake Ascarate was from VP-48 (also based at North Island) and consisted of LCDR W. L. Schad (PPC), LT Gordon R. "Rusty" Williams (Co-Pilot), AD1 K. E. Goth (Plane Captain), AT1 M. H. Hewitt (Radio/Panel Operator), and AOAN L. D. Gabbert (JATO Rigger). All, with the exception of Hewitt, were from VP-48; Hewitt was from VR(F)-32. There was a film (approximately 5-10 minutes long) and the only copy I know of is/was in the possession of Gordon R. "Rusty" Williams, who is retired and living in Coronado, CA (as of February 2002). I flew as a Radio/Panel Operator in VP-31 from 62-64, and some of my flights were with Lt. Rusty Williams. 06/07/2008 @ 04:45 [ref: 21201] |
| Art Tobkin Bagley, MN | There have been recent queries as to the P5M-2 that made a forced landing in Lake Ascarate, near El Paso, TX, in April 1960.
Here are a few reference sources (can not verify if these are even available anymore, but I have copies available): "The North Islander" (the paper published at North Island Naval Air Station), dated May 27, 1960; the "El Paso Herald-Post", dated April 10 through April 23, 1960; and the MARINER/MARLIN ASSOCIATION "Newsletter", dated February 2002, Volume 19, No. 3. The crew that successfully landed the Marlin (the aircraft was from VP-48 and was enroute to Baltimore for "re-work") in the 3000' long lake was from VR(F)-32, based at North Island Naval Air Station. The crew that flew the Marlin from Lake Ascarate was from VP-48 (also based at North Island) and consisted of LCDR W. L. Schad (PPC), LT Gordon R. "Rusty" Williams (Co-Pilot), AD1 K. E. Goth (Plane Captain), AT1 M. H. Hewitt (Radio/Panel Operator), and AOAN L. D. Gabbert (JATO Rigger). All, with the exception of Hewitt, were from VP-48; Hewitt was from VR(F)-32. There was a film (approximately 5-10 minutes long) and the only copy I know of is/was in the possession of Gordon R. "Rusty" Williams, who is retired and living in Coronado, CA (as of February 2002). I flew as a Radio/Panel Operator in VP-31 from 62-64, and some of my flights were with Lt. Rusty Williams. 06/07/2008 @ 04:44 [ref: 21200] |
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