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[lonestarbattleship]

A Vought O2U-1 Corsair floatplane being lifted onboard USS TEXAS (BB-35).

Photographed sometime between January and June 1930.

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[usaac-official]

F3B-1s of VB-2B and O2Us of VS-3B on the hangar deck of USS Lexington (CV-2), June 1931-1933

[crownedstoat]

Float plane of the USN

[shes-heavenly]

I fall in love with you

Time

And time again

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old

friend

[lonestarbattleship]

USS TEXAS (BB-35) underway in the ocean. If you look closely, one of her Vought O2U Corsair (it could be a O3U, it is hard to make out detail) is about to be launched from her catapult on turret no. 3.

Photographed sometime between June 1930 and April 1935.

Battleship Texas Foundation Archives: 2024.1012.7

[usaac-official]

An O2U-2 prepares to take off from USS Langley (CV-1), 1931-1932

[usaac-official]

An O2U in flight over the Cavite Navy Yard, the Philippines, 1930

[lonestarbattleship]

View of the Vought O2U-3 Corsairs onboard USS TEXAS (BB-35). These floatplanes were part of the CinC US Navy, which is designated by the fuselage marking "United States Fleet"

Photographed in Cristobal, Panama, circa either February 6 to 13 or March 9 to 10, 1930.

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