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1915 to 1940

A/C Name Year Num Comments Pic Model
Curtiss
F
C-2, AB-2
Flying Boat 1915 1 Owned by Curtiss Flying School
Used to demo the usefulness of aircraft
CGH Yes
Curtiss
BT
Flying Boat 1916 1
Curtiss
H-10
1916 1 Navy aircraft
Flown by CG aviators in WWI
Curtiss
R-6
1917 7 Navy aircraft
Flown by CG aviators in WWI
CGAA Yes
Curtiss
HS-2L
Flying Boat 1920 – 1926 6 Borrowed from Navy
Evaluation CG aviation
Congress denied funding
CGH Yes
Curtiss
MF
Flying Boat 1920 – 1926 7 Modernized F CGAA Yes
Aeromarine
Model 40F
1920 – ???? 1 CGH
Loening
OL-5
OA-5
1926 – 1935 3 First CG Aircraft (CG-1-3)
Designed for USCG
Prohibition was driver
CGH Yes
Vought
UO-1/4
1926 – 1935 2 Bought at the same time as the OL-5s (CG-4 and 5) CGH
Sikorsky
S-39
1930 – 1935 2 Borrowed from Sikorsky for evaluation CGH Yes
Douglas
O-38C
1931 – 1934 1 First land-based aircraft
CG-9 (V-108)
lost in a crash
CGAA Yes
Schreck
FBA 17HT-4
1931 – 1939 1 French aircraft evaluated by USCG – CG-8 Yes
Douglas
RD-1/4
Dolphin 1932 – 1943 1/1/1/10 Backbone of SAR aviation with the Hall PH-2/3s
Could carry 6
passengers/survivors
3 aircraft were named:
Procyon, Adhara, Sirius
CGH Yes
Consolidated
N4Y-1
Model 21A
PT-11
1932 – 1941 1 CGH
General Aviation
PJ-1/2
1932 – 1941 5/1 Fokker – General Aviation – North American
Flying Life Boat (FLB)
CGAA
Wiki
Yes
Grumman
JF-2/J2F-5/6
Duck 1934 – 1947 14 True aviation classic
The Jeep of the air
It did everything and did it well
CG used them aboard cutters
CGH Yes
Hall
PH-2/3
1934 – 1944 7/7 Backbone of SAR aviation with the Douglas RDs CGH
New Standard
NT-2
1934 – 1939 2 Acquired from Customs
Both crashed
CGH
Stinson
R3Q
Stinson SR 1  SR 10
Reliant 1934 – 1939 1 Purchased to conduct R&D into radio communications CGH Yes
Vought
O2U-2
Corsair 1934 – 1940 6 CGH Yes
Northrop
RT-1
Delta
Golden Goose
1935 – 1940 1 Executive transport CGH Yes
Lockheed
R30-1
Lockheed 10
Electra 1936 – 1945 1 CGH Yes
Viking Boat
OO-1
1936 – 1939 5 Variants of French Schreck Flying Boats
Built by US company Viking
CGH
Fairchild
J2K-1/2
Fairchild 24
C-61
1937 – ???? 2/2 3 of the 4 were lost in crashes CGH Yes
Waco
J2W-1
Waco EQC-6
1937 – 1939 3 Versatile aircraft that flew with floats, wheels, and skis
All 3 lost in crashes
CGH Yes
Curtiss
SOC-4
Seagull 1938 – 1942 3 Used with floats on 327s
Removed from 327s in 1940
Shore based
CGH Yes
Grumman
JRF-2/3/5
Grumman  G-21
Goose 1939 – 1954 24 CGH Yes
Lockheed
R50/-4/5
Lockheed 18
Lodestar 1940 – 1953 1/4 Official transport for Secretary of Treasury CGH Yes