Photos

At Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, 16 July 1947.

In flight, wearing 3-tone non-specular color scheme with post-war style redbarred insignia.

Photo #: 80-G-68056 Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation aircraft In flight, just after it was catapulted from USS Augusta (CA-31), in Casco Bay, Maine, June 1942. The plane is armed with two depth bombs. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections

Photo #: 80-G-302116 Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation aircraft, of Cruiser Scouting Squadron Seven (VCS-7) Beached at an English airfield, while VCS-7 was flying the higher-performance British Spitfire fighters to spot naval gunfire during the Normandy La

Photo #: 80-G-470059 Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation aircraft Is unhooked from the crane after recovery by USS Philadelphia (CL-41), during the North African operation, November 1942. Photographed by Lieutenant Horace Bristol, USNR. Official U.S. Navy Ph

Photo #: 80-G-470062 Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation aircraft Taxiis toward the ship's stern, for recovery by USS Philadelphia (CL-41), during the North African operation, November 1942. Photographed by Lieutenant Horace Bristol, USNR. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Photo #: 80-G-470115 Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation aircraft On the catapults of a Brooklyn class light cruiser, during operations in the south Pacific area, January 1943. Photographed by Lieutenant Charles Kerlee, USNR. Note details of the plane's cata

Curtiss SOC scout observation floatplane

Photo #: 80-G-79418 Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull scout-observation aircraft Is hoisted from the water, during recovery by its parent cruiser, July 1943. The plane wears the markings of Cruiser Scouting Squadron Seven. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collect

Curtiss SOC-1 scout observation plane

(Bureau # 9856 the first SOC-1) Parked on the apron at Naval Air Station, Anacostia, D.C., circa September 1935. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

(Bureau # 9979) In flight, 2 July 1939. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

(Bureau # 9856, the first SOC-1) Parked on the seaplane apron at a Naval Air Station, 30 October 1935. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Taxi is up to a U.S. Navy cruiser, for recovery, circa April 1944. Note wake left by recovery mat streamed by the ship, and plane crewman laying atop the wing waiting to hook up to the ship's crane.

Curtiss SOC-3 scout-observation floatplane

Curtiss SOC-3 scout-observation floatplane