Historic Aircraft
By Norman Polmar - Author, Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet
The Last of the Floatplanes
While it's dangerous to cite an aircraft as being the "first" or "last," one is safe in describing the Curtiss SC Seahawk as the U.S. Navy's last operational floatplane. Significantly, the Seahawk is also believed to be the only American aircraft design initiated after the United States entered World War II that saw action in that conflict.
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