Navy Serial Number Search Results

0386 ... 0425
Curtiss SOC-2 Seagull
MSN 12200/12239.  Model 71 Seagull
0392, 0415 converted to SOC-2A
0391 lost overboard from USS Portland during hurrican Aug 23, 1941
0394 (VCS-6, USS San Francisco) capsized and sank during recovery
accident Feb 26, 1942.  I also have a reference which has this plane
as being lost at sea off USS San Francisco Sep 2, 1941
0397 used in Operation Nanook 1946.
0400 (VCS-8) missing at sea off USS Nashville May 5, 1942.  2 MIA
0401 lost at sea of USS San Francisco Sep 2, 1941.
0406 (VCS-4) capsized at sea during recovery accident and sunk
by gunfire Jul 9, 1942.
0408 lost at sea off USS Savannah Jun 4, 1943
0417 (VDS-8, USS Philadelphia) capsized and sank in takeoff accident
in high wind Vazgerfijord, Iceland Mar 12, 1942.
0420 fell off USS Columbia catapult and sunk by gunfire Jan 3, 1943
0421 (VCS-4, USS Chicago) rough landing in high sea, float tore off
and sank Feb 20, 1942.

1064 ... 1146
Curtiss SOC-3 Seagull
MSN 12329/12411.  Model 71 Seagull
1065 (VP-101) damaged beyond repair by salt water immersion May 1942.
1069 crashed into mooring mast at Scott Field, Illinois Jan 26, 1938.  Both crew killed.
1071 (VCS-9) fuel exhaustion at sea off USS Boise, tried to
taxi to beach, capsized and sank Sept 5, 1942.
1076 converted to SOC-3A (VGS-1) crashed on takeoff from NAS Norfolk, VA in landplane configuration 
May 5, 1942.  2 killed.
1077 converted to SOC-3A (CQTU/A) damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.
To limited overhaul.
1078 used in Operations Nanook and Highjump 1946-47.  SOC Sep 30, 1947.
1083 converted to SOC-3A.  With VGS-1 crashed on landing on USS Long Island off NC coast Mar 22, 1942.  To
major overhaul.
1085 (VCS-7, USS Vincennes) spun in after catapult launch Mar 16, 1942.
1086 lost at sea, USS Arizona Jul 10, 1940.
1089 (VCS-9) off USS Phoenix spun in during gunnery practice
Sept 29, 1942.  1 killed.
1090 (VCS-7 USS Wichita) loss of power, force landed, hit swell,
capsized and sank Apr 16, 1942.
1092 attached to USS Idaho BB-42, crashed in San Francisco Bay Jul 21, 1938.  2 killed.
1103 sand during recovery by USS Houston, recovered and SOC at Cavite Oct 1941.
1106 (VCS-7) in recovery accident off USS Tucaloosa and sank
near Axar Fiord, Iceland May 5, 1942.
1107 (VCS-3) in fuel exhaustion off USS Richmond Aug 9, 1942
offshord from Peru.  1 crew missing.
1109 (VCS-9, USS Helena) landing accident, sank inverted with main
float broken off near Oakland APT, San Francisco Bay Feb 25, 1942.
1113 wrecked at see USS Maryland Nov 17, 1939
1114 (VCS-8) in recovery accident off USS Philadelphia and
sand Apr 24, 1942.
1115 (VCS-9) missing at sea off USS Honolulu Jun 11, 1942.  
Found floating inverted off Farrallon Isls, CA Nov 11, 1942.
2 crew missing.
1122 converted to SOC-3A.  With VGS-1 got lost, ran out of fuel and landed at Rosarito, Mexico Jul 2, 1942.
Flown out the same day.
1126 (VS-201, USS Long Island) ditched at sea due to fuel exhaustion
Aug 2, 1941.
1127 (VS-201, USS Long Island) ditched at sea due to fuel exhaustion
Aug 2, 1941.
1128 (VS-201, USS Long Island) ditched at sea due to fuel exhaustion
Aug 2, 1941.
1130 (VCS-8) shot down by Bf 109G-6 flown by Lt Wilhelm Esser of JG 53/Stab 5 km W of Gela, Italy Jul 10, 1943.
1132 converted to SOC-3A (CQTU/A) damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.
To limited overhaul.
1133 converted to SOC-3A (Nassau Utility Unit) last noted with USS Nassau Jul 23, 1943.
1134 (VCS-9) missing at sea off USS Hololulu Jun 11, 1942.
1139 (VCS-9) spun in at sea off USS Boise Aug 30, 1943.
1141 (VCS-9, USS St Louis) spun in and crashed off Hawaii Oct 16, 1941.

1147 ... 1190
Naval Aircraft Factory SON-1 Seagull
Curtiss Model 71 Seagull built under license by Naval Aircraft Factory
Some converted for carrier operation as SON-1A
1166 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  Repaired, to overhaul.
1173 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  Repaired
1175 (VCS-8) lost off USS Savannah off Bermuda Apr 13, 1942.
1181 spun in and sank off USS Boise Oct 30, 1941
1183 damaged  on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  Repaired

1385 ... 1385
Curtiss XSO3C-1 Seagull
Curtiss Model 82. First flight May 9, 1938.  Assigned to NAS Anacostia, DC. 
Assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley Field, VA Sep 18, 1940 to Nov 17, 1940.
Assigned to NAS Anacostia, DC 

4730 ... 4783
Curtiss SO3C-1 Seagull
Curtiss Model 82A
4730 spun after takeoff near Point Onlodam, NY Jul 24, 1943.  2 killed.
4731 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  Repaired
4732 to US Coast Guard Jun 3, 1943 as 4732, returned to US Navy Dec 23, 1943. Made bad landing at NATC Pensacola, FL Mar 28, 1944.
4734 spun in on takeoff Bolling Field, Washington, DC May 1, 1942.
4735 SOC from USN Jan 31, 1945 for probable conversion to Queen Seamew
target drone for Royal Navy, but no record of receipt by RN.
4742 to US Coast Guard May 27, 1943 as 4742, returned to US Navy Dec 23, 1943.
4743 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  Repaired 
4745 (VCS-5, USS Cleveland) hit water after catapult in Chesapeake Bay,
Jul 29, 1942.
4746 to US Coast Guard Sep 3, 1943 as 4746, returned to US Navy Jan 17, 1944. 
4747 to US Coast Guard Sep 6, 1943 as 4747, returned to US Navy Jan 4, 1944. 
4749 to US Coast Guard Jun 10, 1943 as 4749, returned to US Navy Mar 1, 1944. 
4750 (VCS-14, USS Columbia) stalled in turn after takeoff and crashed
into Jamaica Bay, Long Island, NY Aug 26, 1942.
4751 to US Coast Guard Dec 1, 1943 as 4751, returned to US Navy Jan 11, 1944. 
4752 stalled on takeoff from NAS Norfolk, VA and crashed into field
near NAS Willoughby Bay, Virginia Aug 27, 1942.
4755 in takeoff accident NAS Jacksonville, FL Apr 5, 1943.
4762 to US Coast Guard Sep 3, 1943 as 4762, returned to US Navy Mar 1, 1944. 
4764 to US Coast Guard Sep 3, 1943 as 4764, returned to US Navy Dec 1, 1943. 
4765 to US Coast Guard Jun 10, 1943 as 4765, returned to US Navy Mar 1, 1944. 
4770 to US Coast Guard Sep 3, 1943 as 4770, returned to US Navy Nov 15, 1943. 
4771 to US Coast Guard May 4, 1943 as 4771, returned to US Navy Dec 20, 1943. 
4775 hit large swell and crashed at sea off Makapu' Point Lighthouse, HI Nov 5, 1942.
4777 to US Coast Guard Jun 10, 1943 as 4777, returned to US Navy Mar 1, 1944. 
4778 to US Coast Guard Jun 11, 1943 as 4778, returned to US Navy Dec 23, 1943.
4779 to US Coast Guard Sep 8, 1943 as 4779, returned to US Navy Jan 13, 1944.  
4782 (VP-13) missing on local flight Aug 31, 1943.

4784 ... 4792
Curtiss SO3C-2C Seagull
Transferred to Royal Navy as Seamew I
4786 forced landed due to fuel exhaustion and nosed over NAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
Mar 18, 1943.
4790 to US Coast Guard Jun 10, 1943 as 4790, returned to US Navy Mar 1, 1944. 

4793 ... 4879
Curtiss SO3C-1 Seagull
Curtiss Model 82A
4803 lost off power near Fall City.  2 crewmembers bailed out.
4804 (VCS-12, USS Denver) crashed at sea during recovery, plane
sunk by gunfire Jan 24, 1943.  Pilot sank with plane.
4807 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  Repaired
4808 to US Coast Guard Jun 10, 1943 as 4808, returned to US Navy Mar 1, 1944.
4809 to US Coast Guard Jun 10, 1943 as 4809, returned to US Navy Mar 1, 1944.  
4812 missing near Farallon Islands, CA Oct 29, 1943. 2 crew missing.
4813 to US Coast Guard Sep 3, 1943
4815 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  Repaired
4818 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  To limited overhaul.
4822 loss of power near Tucson, AZ Sept 12, 1943.  Pilot bailed out.
4823 force landed on ferry flight Lewes, DE Dec 19, 1942.
4825 (VS-57, USS Noumea) lost power, force-landed, and capsized Jan 29, 1943.
4826 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone KE302
4828 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone JX667
4834 (VCS-12, USS Montpelier) stalled after catapult shot Jan 1, 1943.
Pilot killed.
4835 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone KE291
4837 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone KE293
4839 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone JZ772
4842 forced landed in field near Palisades Field, California Aug 1, 1944.
4845 forced landed and sank NAS San Pedro, CA Mar 18, 1944.
4846 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone JX663
4847 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone JX669
4854 overshot landing at NAB St Louis, MO Oct 1, 1942.
4856 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone JX668
4861 (VCS-12, USS Denver) sunk at sea after recovery accident Jan 24, 1943.
4868 in takeoff accident NAS Seattle Jan 28, 1943.
4870 to US Coast Guard Sep 3, 1943 as 4870, returned to US Navy Nov 15, 1943. 
4876 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone JX666
4877 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone KE303
4879 to US Coast Guard May 27, 1943 as 4879, returned to US Navy Dec 23, 1943

4880 ... 5029
Curtiss SO3C-2 Seagull
Curtiss Model 82B.  Ordered as SO3C-1, delivered as SO3C-2
4887 (VS-35) engine overheated and crew of two bailed near Cape
Henry, VA.  One killed.
4888 force landed at Atlanta, GA May 14, 1943.
4896 stalled on takeoff at Kingman, AL Apr 28, 1943.
4902 stalled on takeoff at NAS North Island, CA Jan 14, 1943.
4899 (VC-31) crashed during low-altitude snap roll near NAAS Santa
Rosa, CA Jul 23, 1942.  2 killed.
4903 (VS-71) nosed over on landing Fresno, CA Jul 29, 1943.
4905 in landing accident at Suffolk Municipal APT, VA May 14, 1944.
4906 overshot runway in landing at NAS Astoria, OR Oct 20, 1943.
4929 force landed at sea and sank off Yaquina Head, Oregon Dec 6, 1943.
4932 engine failure near Modesto, CA Dec 14, 1942.  Pilot bailed out.
4938 force-landed in a stand of trees near Kirtland, NM Jan 15, 1944.
4939 crashed after takeoff from NAS Alameda, CA.  2 killed.
4946 force landed near W. Pecos, TX Apr 19, 1943.
4950 stalled on takeoff from San Pedro Harbor, CA Apr 18, 1943.
4972 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  To limited overhaul.
4973 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  Repaired.
4985 stalled on landing NAS Jacksonville, FL Dec 23, 1942.
4999 in landing accident at NAS Norman, OK Apr 14, 1944.