Consolidated

Consolidated PBY Catalina

Maritime patrol flying boat/amphibian

  • First flight1935
  • IntroductionOctober 1936, United States Navy
  • StatusRetired
  • Number built4,051 ca.
Technical data

Specifications

01

Crew & dimensions

Crew
8 — pilot, co-pilot, bow turret gunner, flight mechanic, radioman, navigator and two waist gunners
Length
63 ft 10 in
Wingspan
104 ft
Height
21 ft 1 in
02

Performance

Maximum speed
196 mph
Range
2,520 mi
Service ceiling
15,800 ft
03

Powerplant

Powerplant
2 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines (1,200 hp)
04

Armament

Armament
Guns: :* 3 ×.30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns (two in nose turret, one in ventral hatch at tail), :* 2 ×.50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns (one in each waist blister); Bombs: 4,000 lb (1,814 kg) of bombs or depth charges under the wings; torpedo racks were also available

Engines 1

R-1830 R-1830 Piston engines Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp Twin-row radial engine built in very large numbers during the Second World War. Pratt & Whitney · United States→

Flying boat 1

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