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TBD Devastator
SPECIFICATIONS:
- Crew: 3: (Pilot, Torpedo Officer/Navigator, Radioman/Gunner)
- Length: 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
- Wingspan: 50 ft 0 in (15.24 m)
- Height: 15 ft 1 in (4.60 m)
- Wing area: 422 sq ft (39.2 m2)
- Empty weight: 5,600 lb (2,540 kg)
- Gross weight: 9,289 lb (4,213 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 10,194 lb (4,624 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-64 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial piston engine, 900 hp (670 kW)
- Propellers: 3-bladed variable-pitch propeller
The Douglas TBD Devastator was an American torpedo bomber of the United States Navy. Ordered in 1934, it first flew in 1935 and entered service in 1937. At that point, it was the most advanced aircraft flying for the Navy and possibly for any navy in the world. However, the fast pace of aircraft development quickly caught up with it, and by the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the TBD was already outdated.
