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SOC-1 Seagull in Antarctic waters in 1947.jpg
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.