Curtiss SO3C Seamew

The Curtiss SO3C Seamew was developed by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation as a replacement for the SOC Seagull as the United States Navy's standard floatplane scout. Curtiss named the SO3C the Seamew but in 1941 the US Navy began calling it by the name Seagull, the same name as the aircraft it replaced, causing some confusion. The British Royal Navy kept the Curtiss name, Seamew, for the SO3Cs that they ordered. One of the US Navy's main design requirements was that the SOC Seagull's replacement had to be able to operate both from ocean vessels with a single center float and from land bases with the float replaced by a wheeled landing gear.

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Curtiss SO3C; Curtiss Scout Observation Design 3; Curtiss Seamew; SO3C; SO3C Seamew; SO3C Semew; Seamew; Seamew aircraft
795 produced,
float-equipped reconnaissance monoplane, United States Navy, Curtiss, Curtiss-Wright, Fleet Air Arm, United States,

OV-1A Mohawk, OV-1B Mohawk, SO3C-1 Seamew,

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SO3C-1 Seamew ⓘ
1942 observation aircraft model by Curtiss

Frameless

Curtiss Seamew Mk1

Curtiss SO3C-2 with wheels in flight c1942

SO3C-1

Curtiss Seamew Mk1

Curtiss SO3C-2 with wheels in flight c1942

SO3C-1

Curtiss XSO3C in wind tunnel 1940

Curtiss SO3C-1 in flight early 1942

Type	Subtype	Description	Notes	Source

class	aircraft	SO3C-1 Seamew	Curtiss SO3C Seamew	Wikidata
commons	image	Curtiss Seamew Mk1		Commons
commons	image	Curtiss SO3C-2 with wheels in flight c1942		Commons
commons	image	SO3C-1		Commons
commons	image	Curtiss Seamew Mk1		Commons
commons	image	Curtiss SO3C-2 with wheels in flight c1942		Commons
commons	image	SO3C-1		Commons
commons	image	Curtiss XSO3C in wind tunnel 1940		Commons
commons	image	Curtiss XSO3C in wind tunnel 1940		Commons
commons	image	Curtiss SO3C-1 in flight early 1942		Commons
commons	image	Curtiss SO3C-1 in flight early 1942		Commons

Curtiss SO3C Seamew

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