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The Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf was a United States Navy torpedo bomber of World War II. A competitor and contemporary to the Grumman TBF Avenger, the Sea Wolf was subject to substantial delays and never saw combat; only 180 of the type were built before cancellation after VJ Day.

TBY Sea Wolf
A production TBY-2
Role	Torpedo bomber Type of aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Consolidated Aircraft
Design group	Vought
First flight	22 December 1941
Introduction	1944
Status	Retired
Primary user	United States Navy
Number built	180 + 1 prototype
Variants	Vought V-326

Design and development

The original design was not by Consolidated Aircraft, but rather by Vought, who designed the then XTBU-1 Sea Wolf to a 1939 US Navy requirement. The first prototype flew two weeks after Pearl Harbor. Its performance was deemed superior to the Avenger and the Navy placed an order for 1,000 examples.[1]

Several unfortunate incidents intervened; the prototype was damaged in a rough arrested landing trial, and when repaired a month later was again damaged in a collision with a training aircraft. Once repaired again, the prototype was accepted by the Navy. However, by this time Vought was heavily overcommitted to other contracts, especially for the F4U Corsair fighter, and had no production capacity. It was arranged that Consolidated-Vultee would produce the aircraft (as the TBY), but this had to wait until the new production facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was complete, which took until late 1943.

Operational history

The production TBYs were radar-equipped, with a radome under the right-hand wing. The first aircraft flew on 20 August 1944. By this time though, the Avenger equipped every torpedo squadron in the Navy, and there was no need for the Sea Wolf; in addition, numerous small problems delayed entry into service.^{[citation needed]} Orders were cancelled after production started, and the 180 built were used for training.[2]

Variants

XTBU-1 Sea Wolf

Prototype three-seat torpedo bomber powered by a R-2800-22 engine, one built.

TBY-1 Sea Wolf

Production variant of the XTBU-1, not built.

TBY-2 Sea Wolf

TBY-1 with an additional radar pod mounted under starboard-wing, 180 built, a further 920 were cancelled.

TBY-3 Sea Wolf

Improved variant, order for 600 cancelled, not built.

Specifications (TBY-2 Sea Wolf)

Data from General Dynamics aircraft and their predecessors[3]

General characteristics

• Crew: 3
• Length: 39 ft 2 in (11.94 m)
• Wingspan: 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
• Height: 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
• Wing area: 440 sq ft (41 m²)
• Airfoil: root: NACA 23018; tip: NACA 23010[4]
• Empty weight: 11,636 lb (5,278 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 18,940 lb (8,591 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-22 Double Wasp 18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 2,100 hp (1,600 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 312 mph (502 km/h, 271 kn) at 17,700 ft (5,395 m)
• Cruise speed: 156 mph (251 km/h, 136 kn)
• Combat range: 1,025 mi (1,650 km, 891 nmi) with one torpedo
• Service ceiling: 29,400 ft (9,000 m)
• Rate of climb: 1,770 ft/min (9.0 m/s)

Armament

• Guns:
  

• 1 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine gun in cowling
• 2 × .50 in machine gun in the wings
• 1 × .50 in machine gun in dorsal turret
• 1 × .30 in (7.62 mm) M1919 Browning machine gun in ventral mount

• Bombs:
  

• Up to 2,000 lb (910 kg) of bombs or one torpedo

See also

Related development

• Vought V-326

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Aichi B7A
• Douglas TBD Devastator
• Douglas XTB2D Skypirate
• Fairey Barracuda
• Grumman TBF Avenger
• Nakajima B5N
• Nakajima B6N

Related lists

• List of aircraft of World War II
• List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962)

References

Notes

Further reading

• Ginter, Steve, Bill Chana and Phil Prophett. Vought XTBU-1 & TBY-2 Sea Wolf (Naval Fighters number Thirty-Three). Simi Valley, CA: Ginter Books, 1995 . ISBN 0-942612-33-7.

External links

• TBY Seawolf at Brown Shoe Navy
• TBY Seawolf at Dave's Warbirds
• AirToAirCombat.Com: Vought TBU-1 Sea Wolf

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