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TBD "Devastator"
Torpedo bomber
Douglas
 The Douglas TBD-1 was the Navy's first widely-used monoplane shipboard plane. Designed to carry a heavy torpedo below the fuselage, it was necessarily a large aircraft and its 900-horsepower Pratt & Whitney R-1830 "Twin Wasp" radial engine could drive it to a maximum speed of slightly over 200 miles per hour.
In 1937 the TDB represented a major improvement over the earlier biplane torpedo bombers of the USN. But in 1941 it was obsolete, and suffered heavy losses.
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| Crew |
3 |
| Dimensions |
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| Length |
10.69m (35 ft 0 in) |
| Wingspan |
15.24m (50 ft 0 in) |
| Wing area |
39.21m² (422 ft²) |
| Height |
4.59m (15 ft 1 in) |
| Weight |
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| Empty weight |
2,804kg (6,182 lb) |
| Maximum takeoff weight |
4,623kg (10,194 lb) |
| Powerplant |
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| PE Pratt-Whitney Double Wasp, air cooled radial |
R-1830-64 Cyclone |
| hp/kW |
900/671 |
| Performance |
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| Speed |
maximum |
331 km/h (206 mph) |
| at altitude |
2438 m (8,000 ft) |
| Service ceiling |
6,004 m (19,700 ft) |
| Service range with 454kg (1,000 lb) bombs |
1,152 km (716 miles) |
| Armament |
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| Two machine guns |
7.62 mm (.30 in) |
| Bombs |
454 kg (1,000 lb) |
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