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Description
| Notes: S-2C modified for target towing (4 CREW) . | ||
| Manufacturer: | Grumman | |
| Base model: | S-2 | |
| Designation: | US-2 | |
| Version: | C | |
| Nickname: | TRACKER | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Tri-Service | |
| Designation Period: | 1962-Present | |
| Basic role: | Anti-Submarine | |
| Modified Mission: | Utility | |
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Recent comments by our visitors
| Ken Hoppens (Hop) Victorville, CA | Oh boy..I too was a plane captain for our 2 US-2C at NAS Cubi Point, PI. Our squadron, VC-5 towed targets for the 7th fleet during Vietnam. I was stationed there from April 1971-July 1972. I was able to fly in it as well to Taipei and Okinawa. We did however lost one in Subic Bay in 1970. I still see them flying around fighting forest fires here in the San Bernardino, Ca area. 08/20/2008 @ 12:57 [ref: 22512] |
| V. Pereira , MS | I was stationed at Quonset Point, R.I., I knew I was in for alot of fun when I arrived. Our hangar had three of the UC-2C's, identical to the photo below, we called it fruit cocktail!. I was assigned to VC-2 based out of Oceania, VA., we were a detachment serving and protecting Narraganset Bay, R.I. from Russian attack, at one point I painted lips-smiling on one to fly just the coast. Our crew resembled Mc Kale's Navy T.V. program. The best part of the 13 months I spent there was flying with Lt. Hugget from R.I. to St. Louis, MO. so Lt. Hugget could be with his many girlfriends. The US-2C was an incredible airplane! Noisy as all get out even with your helmet on. I did have the rare opportunity to fly second seat again while stationed on the USS Forrestal CVA-59. Mail runs to Rota, Spain and Mallorca, Spain was as good as it gets! Carrier take-offs and landings while flying the US-2C's were nothing but a pure joy! I miss the ol'girls. Though its been 32 plus years, my background on my computer is the US-2C #22 on the tarmac ready for take off! 08/06/2008 @ 13:57 [ref: 22366] |
| John Method Riverside, CA | I was a plane capt. on US2C 133362 at N.A.F. Naples 1962-64
we also used the aircraft for radar calibration,guard mail runs,and GCA approach practice.Lots of flighttime.We used AD-5s before the stoofs,it was nice to be able to get out of that seat and streach. 04/29/2007 @ 07:37 [ref: 16344] |
| John Method Riverside, CA | I was a plane capt. on US2C 133362 at N.A.F. Naples 1962-64
we also used the aircraft for radar calibration,guard mail runs,and GCA approach practice.Lots of flighttime.We used AD-5s before the stoofs,it was nice to be able to get out of that seat and streach. 04/29/2007 @ 07:37 [ref: 16343] |
| John Method Riverside, CA | I was a plane capt. on US2C 133362 at N.A.F. Naples 1962-64
we also used the aircraft for radar calibration,guard mail runs,and GCA approach practice.Lots of flighttime.We used AD-5s before the stoofs,it was nice to be able to get out of that seat and streach. 04/29/2007 @ 07:37 [ref: 16342] |
| Joe DiCarlo Chamblee, GA | I flew US-2Cs in the Mediterranean painted just like this one -- they were nicknamed "Easter Egg". They were configured for towing aerial targets for U.S. 6th Fleet gunnery practice. The target was a day-glo orange Nylon sock trailed behind the plane on approximately 3000' of wire. The shipboard radar tracked the aircraft and was supposed to offset the aiming of the 5" guns to the rear of the plane in such a way so as to place the air bursts behind the target at the target's altitude. Spotters on the ship judged the accuracy of each round. In practice, the gunners always tried to shoot the target off the wire, and they frequently did. When the target was shot off, the plane lurched forward confirming the "kill." Sometimes we ran out of targets and had to break off and return to base – usually Souda Bay (Khanea) in Crete. Sometimes the air bursts were so close to the plane that we ran out of wire. 09/20/2006 @ 05:29 [ref: 14230] |
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