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AC Designation Name Year Number Comments Pictures Model
Aeromarine
Model 40F
Flying Boat 1920 1 CGH
Beech
JRB-4/5
Beech 18
C-45, AT-7,
AT-11,F-2,
SNB)
Expeditor 1943 7 CGH Yes
Bell
XV-15
1990 1 Evaluation of tiltrotor
Not accepted into service
Program cancelled
Wiki Yes
Boeing
PB-1G
B-17
Flying Fortress 1945 17 Acquired from the AAF CGH Yes
Bombardier Canadair
HC-143
Bombardier 604
Challenger 2005 ? Medium Range Command and Control
Secretary Homeland Security
Yes
CASA
212-300
Aviocar 2006 1 Evaluated
Did not become operational
CGAA Yes
CASA
HC-144
CASA 235
Ocean Sentinal 2006 CGAA Yes
Cessna
VC-35
Cessna C-500
Citation 1973 1 CGAA Yes
Consolidated
N4Y-1
Model 21A
PT-11
1932 1 CGH
Consolidated
PBY-5
OA-10
Catalina 1941 1 CGH Yes
Consolidated
PBY-5A
OA-10
Catalina 1942 120 CGH Yes
Consolidated
PB2Y-3/5
Coronado 1944 4 CGH Yes
Consolidated
PB4Y-1G
B-24, P4Y-2G
Liberator 1944 5 CGH Yes
Consolidated
PB4Y-2G
Privateer 1945 9 CGH Yes
Convair
HC-131A
R4Y, T-29
Samaritan 1976 17 CGH Yes
Curtiss
F
C-2, AB-2
Flying Boat 1915 1 Owned by Curtiss Flying School
Used to demo the usefullness 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 6 Borrowed from Navy
Evaluation CG aviation
Congress denied funding
CGH Yes
Curtiss
MF
Flying Boat 1920 7 Modernized F CGAA Yes
Curtiss
R5C-1
C-46
Commando 1943 10 CGH Yes
Curtiss
SB2C
A-25 Shrike
Helldiver 1945 2 The large bombay was used to carry
a deployable liferaft
Used for short range missions
CGAA Yes
Curtiss
SOC-4
Seagull 1938 3 Used with floats on 327s
Removed from 327s in 1940
Shore based
CGH Yes
Curtiss
SO3C-1/3
Seamew 1943 48 Shore based CGAA Yes
Douglas
O-38C
1931 1 First land-based aircraft
CG-9 (V-108)
CGAA Yes
Douglas
RD-1/4
Dolphin 1932 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
Douglas
R4D-5
C-47, C-53, DC-3
Skytrain
(Gooney Bird)
1943 11 CGH Yes
Douglas
R5D-3/4
C-54, DC-4
Skymaster 1945 6 Logistics CGH Yes
Fairchild
J2K-1/2
Fairchild 24
C-61
1937 2/2 CGH Yes
Fairchild
C-123
Provider 1958 8 Logistics CGH Yes
FalconJet
HU-25
Falcon
Dessault-Breguet
20 Mystere
Guardian 1982 41 CGAA
Link
Yes
General Aviation
PJ-1/2
1932 5/1 Fokker – General Aviation – North American
Flying Life Boat (FLB)
CGAA
Wiki
Yes
Grumman
JF-2/J2F-5/6
Duck 1934 14 True aviation classic
The Jeep of the air
It did everything and did it well
CG used them aboard cutters
CGH Yes
Grumman
JRF-2/3/5
Grumman G-21
Goose 1939 24 CGH Yes
Grumman
J4F-1/2
Grumman G-44
Widgeon 1941 25 CGH Yes
Grumman
HU-16
Grumman G-111
SA-16, UF-1G
Albatross
(Goat)
1951 91 CGH Yes
Grumman
VC-4A
Grumman G-159
Gulfstream I 1963 1 Executive transport CGH Yes
Grumman
VC-11A
Grumman 1159
Gulfstream II 1965 1 Executive transport CGH Yes
Grumman
E-2C
Hawkeye 1987 2 Borrowed from the Navy
Used for drug interdiction in the Caribbean
1 crashed on landing
The other was returned to the Navy shortly afterward
CGAA Yes
Gulfstream Aviation
C-20
Gulfstream C-20B
Gulfstream III 1983 1 Executive Transport CGH Yes
Gulfstream Aviation
C-37A
Gulfstream V 2002 1 Executive transport CGH Yes
Hall
PH-2/3
1938 7/7 Backbone of SAR aviation with the Douglas RDs CGH
Howard
GH-2
Howard DGA-15
Nightingale 1944 3 CGH Yes
Israeli Aircraft Industries
Commodore Westwind 1123
1973 Borrowed for evaluation CGAA
Loening
OL-5
OA-5
1926 3 First CG Aircraft (CG-1-3)
Designed for USCG
Prohibition was driver
CGH Yes
Lockheed
HC-130
GV-1G
Herk 1959 48 Logistics/SAR Link
CGAA
Yes
Lockheed
EC-130
Herk 1990 2 Drug surveillance Yes
Lockheed
R30-1
Lockheed 10
Electra 1936 1 CGH Yes
Lockheed
R50/-4/5
Lockheed 18
Lodestar 1940 1/4 Official transport for Secretary of Treasury CGH Yes
Martin
PBM-3/5
Mariner 1943 27/36 CGH Yes
Martin
VC-3A
Martin 4-0-4
RM-1Z
1952 2 CGH Yes
Martin
P5M-1G/2G
Marlin 1956 7/4 CGH Yes
Naval Aircraft Factory
N3N-3
1941 4 CGH Yes
New Standard
NT-2
1934 2 Acquired from Customs CGH
North American
B-25J
Mitchell 1945 1 Yes
North American
SNJ
T-6, BC-1, AT-16,
A-27, Harvard
Texan 1944 15 CGH Yes
Northrop
RT-1
Delta – Golden Goose 1935 1 Official transport for Secretary of Treasury CGH Yes
Schreck
FBA 17HT-4
1931 1 French aircraft evaluated by USCG – CG-8 Yes
Schweizer
RG-8
Schweizer SA237
1980 Powered Glider
Evaluated in drug surveillance mission
Not operational
CGAA
Schweizer
RU-38B
1988 Powered Glider
Operational in drug surveillance mission
CGAA Yes
Sikorsky
S-39
1930 2 Borrowed from Sikorsky for evaluation CGH Yes
Stearman
N2S-3
Stearman 75
PT-13, PT-17,
PT-18, PT-27
Kaydet 1943 11 Trainers Yes
Stinson
OY-1/2
Sentinel 1948 5 CGH Yes
Stinson
R3Q
Stinson SR1/SR10
Reliant 1934 1 Purchased to conduct R&D into radio communications CGH Yes
Viking Boat
OO-1
1936 5 Variants of French Schreck Flying Boats
Built by US company Viking
CGH
Vought
O2U-2
Corsair 1934 6 CGH Yes
Vought
OS2U
Kingfisher 1944 53 CGH Yes
Vought
UO-1/4
1926 2 Bought at the same time as the OL-5s (CG-4 and 5) CGH
Vultee
SNV-1
BT-13, BT-15
Valiant 1942 2 Vacuform – Sold as Vultee Valiant BT-13 CGH Yes
Waco
J2W-1
Waco EQC-6
1937 3 Versitile aircraft that flew with floats, wheels, and skis CGH Yes