SOC-1_Seagull_in_Antarctic_waters_in_1947.jpg


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Description A U.S. Navy Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull taxies out for a local flight over Antarctic waters on 8 January 1947 from the seaplane tender USS Currituck (AV-7). Note the radioman atop fuselage, probably securing the hoisting sling as the plane had just been hoisted over the side of the seaplane tender for flight operations.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-609903 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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8 January 1947