| A/C Designation | Name | Year | Num | Comments | Pix | Model |
| Douglas RD-1/2/3/4 |
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) (aka: PT-11) |
1932 – 1941 | 1 | CGH | |||
| General Aviation PJ-1/2 |
Flying Lifeboat | 1932 – 1941 | 5/1 | Fokker – General Aviation – North American | 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 | ||
| Lockheed R30-1 (Lockheed Model 10) |
Electra | 1936 – 1945 | 1 | 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 Model G-21) |
Goose | 1939 – 1954 | 34 | CGH | Yes | |
| Lockheed R50/-4/5 (Lockheed Model 18) |
Lodestar | 1940 – 1953 | 1/4 | The single -4 was an executive transport The -5 were logistics iarcraft |
CGH | Yes |
| Grumman J4F-1/2 (Grumman Model G-44) |
Widgeon | 1941 – 1954 | 25 | CGH | Yes | |
| Consolidated PBY-5 (aka: OA-10) |
Catalina | 1941 – 1954 | 1 | CGH | Yes | |
| Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 |
Yellow Peril | 1940 – 1944 | 4 | CGH | Yes | |
| Consolidated PBY-5A (aka: OA-10) |
Catalina | 1942 – 1954 | 120 | CGH | Yes | |
| Vought OS2U |
Kingfisher | 1942 – 1944 | 53 | CGH | Yes | |
| Vultee SNV-1 (aka: BT-13, BT-15) |
Valiant | 1942 – 1945 | 2 | Vacuform – Sold as Vultee Valiant BT-13 | CGH | Yes |
| Beech JRB-4/5 (Beech Model 18) (aka: C-45, AT-7, AT-11,F-2, SNB) |
Expeditor | 1943 – 1956 | 7 | CGH | Yes | |
| Curtiss R5C-1 (aka: C-46) |
Commando | 1943 – 1950 | 10 | CGH | Yes | |
| Curtiss SO3C-1/3 |
Seamew | 1943 – 1945 | 48 | Shore based | CGAA | Yes |
| Douglas R4D-5 (aka: C-47, C-53, DC-3) |
Skytrain (Gooney Bird) |
1943 – 1961 | 11 | CGH | Yes | |
| Martin PBM-3/5 |
Mariner | 1943 – 1956 | 27/36 | CGH | Yes | |
| Stearman N2S-3 (Stearman Model 75) (aka: PT-13, PT-17, PT-18, PT-27) |
Kaydet | 1943 – 1947 | 11 | Trainers | Yes | |
| Consolidated PB2Y-3/5 |
Coronado | 1944 – 1946 | 4 | CGH | Yes | |
| Consolidated PB4Y-1G (aka: B-24, P4Y-2G) |
Liberator | 1944 – 1947 | 5 | CGH | Yes | |
| Howard (GH-2/3 (Howard Model DGA-15) |
Nightingale | 1944 – 1945 | 2 | CGH | Yes | |
| North American SNJ (aka: T-6, BC-1, AT-16, A-27, Harvard) |
Texan | 1944 – 1948 | 15 | CGH | Yes |
