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Description
| Manufacturer: | Vought |
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| Base model: | OS2U | ||
| Designation: | OS2U | ||
| Version: | -3 | ||
| Nickname: | Kingfisher | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1935-1945 | ||
| Basic role: | Observation Scout | ||
| Crew: | Pilot and observer/gunner |
Specifications
| Length: | 33' 10' | 10.0 m | |
| Height: | 15' 1" | 4.6 m | |
| Wingspan: | 35' 11' | 10.6 m | |
| Wingarea: | 262.0 sq ft | 24.3 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 4,123 lb | 1,869 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 6,000 lb | 2,721 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-2 or -8 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 450 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 805 miles | 1,296 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 119 mph | 191 km/h | 103 kt |
| Max Speed: | 164 mph | 264 km/h | 142 kt |
| Ceiling: | 13,000 ft | 3,962 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| National Museum of Naval Aviation | NAS Pensacola | Florida |
| USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park | Mobile | Alabama |
OS2U-3 on display
National Museum of Naval Aviation |
Recent comments by our visitors
| keith alves utley henderson, KY | I\'m Keith Alves Utley. My uncle Keith Rutledge Peachee, a Navy pilot assigned to NAS Banana River, was killed in an accident on a routine night-time submarine search patrol mission on June 19, 1942. His radio man was thrown from the plan and survived. My uncle Keith was 22. He had just graduated from Indiana State, wanting to be a doctor. He loved to fly. He learned from one of his professors in Terra Haute. I was born in 1947; so I never got to meet my uncle, whose name I\'m proud to have. In one of his letter to my grandmother, he mentioned that he enjoyed having an individual plan assigned to him. I would love to know whether it had a name. My best to you folks out there. Keith 07/31/2011 @ 14:30 [ref: 44319] |
| kennedy singh old harbour p.o.,st catherine,, AK | In 1943, vs-60 Kingfisher squadron was based at Vernam Field Jamaica(us army air force base),conducting training and anty submarine mission.29th september 1943 one of it\\\'s plane dissappeared off our south coast and was never found with pilot ensign Johni Priest(navy#267786) and radio operator Master Sgt. Bill Parell (asn 17003120)9th airways communication sqdn.AACS.What do you know about this incident? And on US Naval Air Station Little Goat Island,Jamaica os2n-1 plane(#01398)was assign to the commanding officer of that base Lieutenant Commander David Norton Morris .What become of this plane? 05/10/2011 @ 08:31 [ref: 37843] |
| Jack Gilbert Rio Rancho, NM | There is a restored OS2U on display aboard USS North Carolina, in Wilmington, NC. 01/29/2009 @ 07:49 [ref: 23577] |
| SG , NM | My father flew a Kingfisher off the battleship New Jersey towards the end of the war. He took numerous photos, several of which were published in Paul Stilwell's BB-62 history book. Story goes my father took the only known photo showing the NJ anchored alongside the Nagato in Tokyo Bay. 11/02/2008 @ 08:30 [ref: 22967] |
| Wm Zirkel Mansfield, OH | There is a article about a man (84) years old who flew these off of a battle ship in WW11.
You can look up the article on the internet. Mansfield News Journal, Mansfield, Ohio Date of the article is 8/11/08 Hope this helps. 08/11/2008 @ 11:27 [ref: 22433] |
| Rita Paesani Felt Lehi, UT | Just made contact with Charles Bonwell who served on USS New York BB 34 with my father, Gino Paesani. He is now 87 and lives in New York. We have written a short bio of his experiences with photos and would be interested in any other stories of experiences to include and other shipmates still living. 04/09/2008 @ 10:16 [ref: 20401] |
| Rita Paesani Felt Lehi, UT | Just made contact with Charles Bonwell who served on USS New York BB 34 with my father, Gino Paesani. He is now 87 and lives in New York. We have written a short bio of his experiences with photos and would be interested in any other stories of experiences to include and other shipmates still living. 04/09/2008 @ 10:16 [ref: 20400] |
| Jennifer Hudin Berkeley, CA | My dad was a pilot in the USN in WWII and went down in an OS2U-3 in the Bermuda Triangle, March 3, 1943. He and his radioman were rescued by a freighter. My dad told me years later that his instruments started going crazy during the flight, they lost their bearings, and then they went down. I have some reconnaisance photos of him and the plane before takeoff. 02/16/2008 @ 20:11 [ref: 19695] |
| David Munns Perth, NT | I am writing my auto-biography and would like to contact Steve & Corine Galeener of Bellflower California USA for their permission to use their photograph of the Vought Kingfisher 02/08/2008 @ 22:25 [ref: 19622] |
| stuart farrar lewes, NE | There is also a Kingfisher in the Museum of the Revolution in Havana. It is without floats and in Cuban colours and presumably commandeered from the Bay of Pigs.
It is stated to be the first aircraft flown by the Cuban revolutionary airforce and looks in reasonable condition. There is also a Hawker Sea Fury at the same meuseum and another one in the museum at the bay. 10/23/2007 @ 04:13 [ref: 18282] |
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