Lockheed P-2 Neptune

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P-2 (P2V) Neptune
SP-2H of VP-56 over the Atlantic.
Role Maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare
National origin United States
Manufacturer Lockheed
First flight 17 May 1945
Introduction March 1947
Retired 1984 (military) 2011 (civilian)
Status Retired
Primary users United States Navy
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Number built 1,177 (total)[1]
Variants Kawasaki P-2J

The Lockheed P-2 Neptune (designated P2V by the United States Navy prior to September 1962) is a maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. It was developed for the US Navy by Lockheed to replace the Lockheed PV-1 Ventura and PV-2 Harpoon, and was replaced in turn by the Lockheed P-3 Orion. Designed as a land-based aircraft, the Neptune never made a carrier landing, but a small number were converted and deployed as carrier-launched (using JATO assist), stop-gap nuclear bombers that would have to land on shore or ditch. The type was successful in export, and saw service with several armed forces.

Design and development

XP2V-1 prototype in 1945
NAS Jacksonville
, 1953

Development of a new land-based patrol bomber began early in World War II, with design work starting at Lockheed's Vega subsidiary as a private venture on 6 December 1941.[2] At first, the new design was considered a low priority compared to other aircraft in development at the time, with Vega also developing and producing the PV-2 Harpoon patrol bomber. On 19 February 1943, the U.S. Navy signed a letter of intent for two prototype XP2Vs, which was confirmed by a formal contract on 4 April 1944 with a further 15 aircraft being ordered 10 days later.[3] It was not until 1944 that the program went into full swing.[4] A major factor in the design was ease of manufacture and maintenance, and this may have been a major factor in the type's long life and worldwide success. The first aircraft flew in May 1945. Production began in 1946, and the aircraft was accepted into service in 1947. Potential use as a bomber led to successful launches from aircraft carriers.[5]

Beginning with the P2V-5F model, the Neptune became one of the first operational aircraft fitted with both piston and jet engines. The

Convair B-36, several Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter, Fairchild C-123 Provider, North American AJ Savage, and Avro Shackleton aircraft were also so equipped. To save weight and complexity of two separate fuel systems, the Westinghouse J34
jet engines on P2Vs burned the 115–145 Avgas fuel of the piston engines, instead of jet fuel. The jet pods were fitted with intake doors that remained closed when the J-34s were not running. This prevented windmilling, allowing for economical piston-engine-only long-endurance search and patrol operations. In normal US Navy operations, the jet engines were run at full power (97%) to assure takeoff, then shut down upon reaching a safe altitude. The jets were also started and kept running at flight idle during low-altitude (500-foot (150 m) during the day and 1,000-foot (300 m) at night) anti-submarine and/or anti-shipping operations as a safety measure should one of the radials develop problems.

Normal crew access was via a ladder on the aft bulkhead of the nosewheel well to a hatch on the left side of the wheel well, then forward to the observer nose, or up through another hatch to the main deck. There was also a hatch in the floor of the aft fuselage, near the sonobuoy chutes.

Operational history

Early Cold War

Emerson nose turret from the Neptune at the National Naval Aviation Museum, Florida, 2007

Prior to the introduction of the

P-3 Orion in the mid-1960s, the Neptune was the primary U.S. land-based anti-submarine patrol aircraft, intended to be operated as the hunter of a '"Hunter-Killer" group, with destroyers
employed as killers. Several features aided the P-2 in its hunter role:

  • Sonobuoys could be launched from a station in the aft portion of the fuselage and monitored by radio
  • Some models were equipped with "pointable" twin .5 in (12.70 mm) machine guns in the nose, but most had a forward observation bubble with an observer seat, a feature often seen in images.
  • The AN/ASQ-8
    Magnetic Anomaly Detector
    was fitted in an extended tail, producing a paper chart. Unmarked charts were not classified, but those with annotations were classified as secret.
  • A belly-mounted AN/APS-20 surface-search radar enabled detection of surfaced and snorkeling submarines at considerable distances.

As the P-2 was replaced in the US Navy by the P-3A Orion in active Fleet squadrons in the early and mid-1960s, the P-2 continued to remain operational in the Naval Air Reserve through the mid-1970s, primarily in its SP-2H version. As active Fleet squadrons transitioned to the P-3B and P-3C in the mid- and late-1960s and early 1970s, the Naval Air Reserve P-2s were eventually replaced by P-3As and P-3Bs and the P-2 exited active U.S. naval service. VP-23 was the last active duty patrol squadron to operate the SP-2H, retiring its last Neptune on 20 February 1970,[6] while the last Naval Reserve patrol squadron to operate the Neptune, VP-94, retired its last SP-2H in 1978.

Nuclear bomber

A P2V takes off from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1951

At the end of World War II, the US Navy felt the need to acquire a nuclear strike capability to maintain its political influence. In the short term, carrier-based aircraft were the best solution. The large Fat Man nuclear munitions at that time were bulky and required a very large aircraft to carry them. The US Navy Bureau of Ordnance built 25 outdated but more compact Little Boy nuclear bomb designs to be used in the smaller bomb bay of the P2V Neptune. There was enough fissionable material available by 1948 to build ten complete uranium projectiles and targets, although there were only enough initiators to complete six.[7][8] The U.S. Navy improvised a carrier-based nuclear strike aircraft by modifying the P2V Neptune for carrier takeoff using jet assisted takeoff (JATO) rocket boosters, with initial takeoff tests in 1948. However, the Neptune could not land on a carrier, therefore the crew had to either make their way to a friendly land base after a strike, or ditch in the sea near a U.S. Navy vessel. It was replaced in this emergency role by the North American AJ Savage (transferred to the Pacific Fleet in October 1952) the first nuclear strike aircraft that was fully capable of carrier launch and recovery operations; it was also short-lived in that role as the US Navy was adopting fully jet powered nuclear strike aircraft.[9]

Covert operations P2V-7U/RB-69A variants

Side view of RB-69A, the first converted P2V-7U

In 1954 under

Eglin AFB
for testing aircraft performance at low level and under adverse conditions.

The initial two aircraft were sent to Europe, based at

Republic of China (ROC) governments meant the RB-69A would be manned by ROCAF crew while conducting operational missions, but would be manned by CIA crew when ferrying RB-69A out of Taiwan or other operational area to US.[citation needed
]

The P2V-7U/RB-69A flew with ROCAF Black Bat Squadron over China from 1957 to November 1966. All five original aircraft (two crashed in South Korea, three shot down over China) were lost with all hands on board. In January 1967, two remaining RB-69As flew back to

NAS Alameda, California, and were converted back to regular US Navy P2V-7/SP-2H ASW aircraft configurations.[10][11] Most of the 34th Squadron's Black Op missions remain classified by the CIA—though a CIA internal draft history, Low-Level Technical Reconnaissance over Mainland China (1955–66), reference CSHP-2.348, written in 1972 that covers CIA/ROCAF 34th Squadron's Black Op missions is known to exist. The CIA does not plan to declassify it until after 2022.[12]

Vietnam War

Davis-Monthan AFB
, c. 1971. The camouflage is green for low level operations over Vietnam.

During the

early warning radar sites and two GCI radar signals were detected.[12]

Falklands War

The Argentine Navy SP-2H that tracked HMS Sheffield

The

Operation Soberania against Chile including over the Pacific Ocean.[16]

During the

Dassault Super Étendards that resulted in the sinking of the British destroyer HMS Sheffield.[17] The lack of spare parts, caused by the US having enacted an arms embargo in 1977 due to the Dirty War, led to the type being retired before the end of the war; Argentine Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules took over the task of searching for targets for strike aircraft.[citation needed
]

Other military operators

The Royal Canadian Air Force's Air Command replaced their aging Avro Lancaster maritime aircraft beginning in 1955 with P2V-7 Neptunes in the anti-submarine, anti-shipping, and maritime reconnaissance roles, as a stopgap pending deliveries of the Canadair CP-107 Argus, which began in 1960. Canadian Neptunes were delivered without the underwing Westinghouse J34 jet engine pods, which were retrofitted in 1959. Armament included two torpedoes, mines, depth charges, bombs carried internally plus unguided rockets mounted under the wings. Twenty five Neptunes served with 404, 405 and 407 squadrons until 1960. Upon unification of the Canadian Forces in 1968, the Neptune was re-designated the CP122 and was officially retired two years later.[18]

With the founding of

airborne early warning experiments as well as for maritime patrol.[22]

In Australia, the Netherlands, and the US Navy, its tasks were taken over by the larger and more capable P-3 Orion, and by the 1970s, it was in use only by patrol squadrons in the US Naval Reserve and the Dutch Navy.[citation needed] The 320 Squadron of the Royal Dutch Navy retired its last seven Neptunes in March 1982 as they were being replaced by the Lockheed Orion.[23] The US Naval Reserve retired its last Neptunes in 1978, those aircraft also having been replaced by the P-3 Orion. By the 1980s, the Neptune had fallen out of military use in most purchasing nations, replaced by newer aircraft.

The Netherlands received its first Neptunes in 1953–54, when it acquired 12 P2V-5s. These remained in service until 1960, when they were transferred to Portugal. The P2V-5s were initially not replaced, with the anti-submarine aircraft requirement being met by carrier-borne

C-47 transport. A truce ended the conflict in September 1962, with Dutch New Guinea passing to UN control before becoming part of Indonesia, and the P2V-7s returned to Europe.[25] The aircraft were upgraded to SP-2H standard soon after returning to the Netherlands, and remained in service until March 1982, when they were replaced by Lockheed Orions.[26]

Neptune Aviation Services' P-2V Neptune drops Phos-Chek on the 2007 WSA Complex fire in Oregon.

In Japan, the Neptune was license-built from 1966 by Kawasaki as the P-2J, with the piston engines replaced by IHI-built T64 turboprops. Kawasaki continued their manufacture much later than Lockheed did; the P-2J remained in service until 1984.

Civilian firefighting

P-2/P2Vs have been employed in aerial firefighting roles by operators such as Minden Air Corp and Neptune Aviation Services. The fire fighters can carry 2,080 US gal (7,900 L) of retardant and have a service life of 15,000 hours. Neptune Aviation Services proposes to replace them with British Aerospace 146 aircraft, which have an estimated service life of 80,000 hours and carry upwards of 3,000 US gal (11,000 L; 2,500 imp gal) of retardant.[27]

"The Truculent Turtle"

The third production P2V-1 was chosen for a record-setting mission, ostensibly to test crew endurance and long-range navigation but also for publicity purposes: to display the capabilities of the US Navy's latest patrol bomber, and to surpass the standing record set by a Japanese Tachikawa Ki-77. Its nickname was The Turtle, which was painted on the aircraft's nose (along with a cartoon of a turtle smoking a pipe pedaling a device attached to a propeller). However, in press releases immediately before the flight, the US Navy referred to it as "The Truculent Turtle".[28]

P2V-1 "The Turtle" in 1946

Loaded with fuel in extra tanks fitted in practically every spare space in the aircraft, "The Turtle" set out from

NAS Pensacola
.

Variants

VP-5 P2V-3 in 1953
P2V-5 with nose turret in 1952
VO-67 OP-2E in 1967/68 over Laos
VP-7 P-2V
Restored French P-2H in Australia
US Navy VAH-21 AP-2H
AP-2H of Heavy Attack Squadron VAH-21
Fox Field
Eglin AFB
, Florida in 1957.
US Army AP-2E also designated RP-2E used in SIGINT/ELINT operations in Vietnam. The Burbank Boomerang is on display at the US Army Aviation Museum at Ft. Novosel Alabama.

Lockheed produced seven main variants of the P2V. In addition, Kawasaki built the turboprop-powered P-2J in Japan.

XP2V-1
Prototype, two built. Powered by two 2,300 horsepower (1,700 kW) Wright R-3350-8 engines with four-bladed propellers, with armament of two .50 in machine guns in nose, tail and dorsal turrets, and 8,000 pounds (3,600 kg) of stores in an internal bomb bay.[4]
P2V-1
First production model with R-3350-8A engine. Provision for 16 5-inch (127 mm) HVAR or 4 11+3⁄4-inch (300 mm) Tiny Tim rockets underwing; 14 built.[29]
XP2V-2
Fifth production P2V-1 modified as a prototype for P2V-2. Powered by water injected R-3350-24W engines.[30]
P2V-2
Second production model, powered by two 2,800 horsepower (2,100 kW) R-3350-24W engines driving three-bladed propellers. Nose turret replaced by "attack" nose fitted with six fixed 20 mm cannon. First eight aircraft retained Bell tail turret fitted with twin .50 (12.7 mm) machine guns, with remaining aircraft using Emerson tail turret with twin 20 mm cannon. 80 built.[29][30]
P2V-2N "Polar Bear"
Two P2V-2 modified for polar exploration under Project Ski Jump. Armament removed, with ski landing gear and provision for JATO rockets. Fitted with early MAD gear for magnetic survey purposes. Used for Operation Deep Freeze Antarctic exploration.[29][31] The specially modified P2Vs had 16-foot (4.9 m) long aluminum skis that were attached to the main landing gear units that when retracted, tucked into fairing just below the engines. This way the modified P2Vs could still land on a regular runway surface.[32]
P2V-2S
One P2V-2 modified as a prototype anti-submarine variant with an AN/APS-20 search radar and additional fuel.[33]
P2V-3
Improved patrol bomber with 3,200 horsepower (2,400 kW) R-3350-26W engines with jet stack engine exhausts. 53 built.[33][34]
P2V-3B
Conversions from other P2V-3 models, including P2V-3C and −3W, fitted with the ASB-1 Low Level Radar Bombing System; 16 converted. Redesignated as P-2C in 1962.[35]
P2V-3C
Stop-gap carrier based one-way nuclear-armed bomber, not intended to return for a landing on a carrier. Fitted with JATO rocket to aid take-off from carrier and more fuel. Nose guns and dorsal turret removed to save weight. 11 P2V-3s and one P2V-2 modified.[36]
P2V-3W
Airborne Early Warning variant, AN/APS-20 search radar; 30 built.[36]
P2V-3Z
VIP combat transport with armored cabin in rear fuselage with seats for six passengers. Retained tail turret. Two converted from P2V-3s.[36]
P2V-4
Improved anti-submarine aircraft. Fitted with AN/APS-20 search radar and provision for dropping sonobuoys with additional dedicated sonobuoy operator. Underwing tip-tanks added, with searchlight in nose of starboard tip tank. Gun Turrets in tail and dorsal position. First 25 aircraft powered by 3,200 horsepower (2,400 kW) R-3350-26WA engines, with remaining 27 powered by 3,250 horsepower (2,420 kW) Wright R-3350-30W turbo-compound engines. 52 built in total. Surviving aircraft redesignated P-2D in 1962.[36][37]
P2V-5
Fitted with Emerson nose turret with two 20 mm cannon replacing solid nose of earlier versions, while retaining dorsal and tail turrets. New, larger, jettisonable tip tanks, with traversable searchlight slaved to nose turret in front of starboard tip-tank and AN/APS-8 radar in nose of port tip-tank. AN/APS-20 search radar under fuselage. Later aircraft featured glazed observation nose and MAD gear in place of nose and tail turrets, and revised crew accommodation, with many earlier aircraft refitted.[38][39] Dorsal turret often removed. 424 built.[40]
P2V-5F
Modification with two 3,250 pounds-force (14.5 kN) J34 jet engines to increase power on take-off, and 3,500 horsepower (2,600 kW) R-3350-32W piston engines.[41] The J34 engines and R-3350 had a common fuel system burning AvGas rather than having dedicated jet fuel (as did all Neptunes with jets except the Kawasaki P-2J).[citation needed] Four underwing rocket pylons removed but increased 10,000 pounds (4,500 kg) weapon load.[38] Redesignated P-2E in 1962.[42]
P2V-5FD
P2V-5F converted for drone launch missions. All weaponry deleted. Redesignated DP-2E in 1962.[38]
P2V-5FE
P2V-5F with additional electronic equipment. Redesignated EP-2E in 1962.[42]
P2V-5FS
P2V-5F with Julie/Jezebel ASW gear, featuring AQA-3 long range acoustic search equipment and Julie explosive echo sounding gear. Redesignated SP-2E in 1962.[42]
P2V-5JF
P2V-5F modified for weather reconnaissance, to include tropical storm/hurricane/typhoon penetrations, with Airborne Early Warning Squadron THREE (VW-3) and Weather Reconnaissance Squadron FOUR (VW-4)[43]
AP-2E
Designation applied to P2V-5F with special SIGINT/ELINT equipment used by the US Army's 1st Radio Research Company at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base. Carrying a crew of up to fifteen, the AP-2E was the heaviest P-2, with a take-off weight of up to 80,000 pounds (36,000 kg).[15] Five converted (also designated RP-2E).[44]
NP-2E
Single P-2E converted as permanent test aircraft.[45]
OP-2E
Modified for use as part of Operation Igloo White for sensor deployment over South-East Asia with Observation Squadron 67 (VO-67). Fitted with terrain avoidance radar in nose, chaff dispensers, wing mounted gun pods and waist guns. 12 converted.[15]
P2V-6
Multi-role version with lengthened weapons bay and provision for aerial minelaying and photo-reconnaissance. Smaller AN/APS-70 radar instead of AN/APS-20. Initially fitted with gun turrets as P2V-5, though retaining the ability to be refitted with glazed nose. A total of 67 were built for the US Navy and France.[42][46] Redesignated P-2F in 1962.[47]
P2V-6B
Anti-shipping version with provision to carry two
AUM-N-2 Petrel anti-ship missiles. 16 built. Later redesignated P2V-6M then MP-2F in 1962.[42][46]
P2V-6F
P2V-6 refitted with J34 jet engines. Redesignated P-2G in 1962.[42]
P2V-6T
Crew trainer conversion with armament deleted, wingtip tanks often deleted. Redesignated TP-2F in 1962.[42][47]
P2V-7
Last Neptune variant produced by Lockheed, powered by R-3350-32W and J-34 engines. Fitted with lower drag wingtip tanks, AN/APS-20 search radar in a revised radome and a bulged cockpit canopy. Early aircraft were fitted with defensive gun turrets but these were removed as for the P2V-5.[48] 287 were built, including 48 assembled by Kawasaki in Japan.[42] Redesignated P-2H in 1962.[49]
P2V-7B of the Royal Netherlands Navy
P2V-7B
15 aircraft with non-glazed nose fitted with four fixed 20 mm cannon for Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service. Subsequently fitted with glazed nose and modified to SP-2H standard.[42] Supplemented by four SP-2H from France.[50]
P2V-7LP
Four aircraft built with wheel/ski landing gear and JATO gear for Antarctic operations. Redesignated LP-2J in 1962.[42] (No relation to Kawasaki P-2J)
P2V-7S
Additional ASW/ECM equipment including Julie/Jezebel gear. Redesignated SP-2H in 1962.[45]
P2V-7U
Naval designation of the RB-69A variant.[46]
AP-2H
Specialized night and all-weather ground attack variant fitted with
miniguns. Bombs and napalm carried on underwing pylons. Four converted in 1968 for Heavy Attack Squadron 21 (VAH-21) for operation over South Vietnam.[48]
DP-2H
P-2H converted for drone launch and control.[51]
EP-2H
Single P-2H modified with UHF telemetry equipment instead of ASW systems.[51]
NP-2H
Testbed conversion of P2V-H.[51]
RB-69A
Five new built and two converted from P2V-7s[45] for CIA covert operations, obtained with USAF help and operated by ROCAF 34th Squadron. Aerial reconnaissance/ELINT platform, modular sensor packages fitted depended on the mission needs. Originally fitted with Westinghouse APQ-56 Side Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR), the APQ-24 search radar, the Fairchild Mark IIIA cameras, the APR-9/13 radar intercept receiver, the QRC-15 DF system, the APA-69A DF display, the APA-74 pulse analyser, the Ampex tape recorder, the System 3 receiver to intercept enemy communications, the APS-54 RWR, a noise jammer, the RADAN system doppler radar navigation, and others. In May 1959, an upgrade program known as Phase VI was approved, and added the ATIR air-to-air radar jammer, replacing APR-9/13 with ALQ-28 ferret system, the QRC-15, 3 14-channel recorders and 1 7-channel high speed recorder to record ELINT systems, the K-band receiver, the ASN-7 navigation computer replacing RADAN, and Fulton Skyhook system.[52][verification needed]
Neptune MR.1
British designation of P2V-5; 52 delivered.[53]
CP-122 Neptune
RCAF designation of P2V-7.(jet pod not initially fitted to 25 P2V-7 aircraft delivered to RCAF, but subsequently retrofitted)[54]
Kawasaki P-2J (P2V-Kai)
Japanese variant produced by Kawasaki for JMSDF with T64 turboprop engines, various other improvements; 82 built.[51]
Production numbers
Aircraft Number
P2V-1 14
P2V-2 80
P2V-3 53
P2V-3W 30
P2V-4 52
P2V-5 424
P2V-6/P-2F 67
P2V-6B 16
P2V-7/P-2H 287
P2V-7B 15
RB-69A 5
Neptune MR.1 52
P-2J 82

Operators

A RAAF SP-2H with a USN P-5 and a RNZAF Sunderland in 1963
A Neptune MR.1 of 217 Sqn Coastal Command RAF in 1953
SP-2H Neptune of Flotille 25 Aeronavale, French Navy, in 1973
Fox Field
in 2003, without jet engines
California wildfires of October 2007

Military operators

 Argentina
 Australia
 Brazil
 Canada
 France
 Japan
 Netherlands
  • Dutch Naval Aviation Service
 Portugal
 Republic of China
 United Kingdom
 United States

Civilian operators

Accidents and incidents

Surviving aircraft

There are a few Neptunes that have been restored and are on display in museums and parks.[80]

Argentina

On display
SP-2H

Australia

Airworthy
SP-2H
On Display
SP-2H
In Storage
SP-2H
Under Restoration
SP-2E
SP-2H

Canada

On display
EP-2H

Chile

Under restoration
SP-2H
  • 147967 – To be displayed is the Neptune /Firestar registered CC-CHU of Heliworks Ltda. Currently dismantled in Concepción/Carriel Sur airport, N703AU/Tanker 03's incorporation into Chile's Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio collection at the former Los Cerrillos airport in Santiago, was announced during the ceremony of the 69th Anniversary of Museum on 4 July 2013.[97]

France

On Display
P2V-7
  • 334 -
    Paris-Le Bourget Airport[98]
In Storage
P2V-7

Netherlands

On display
SP-2H
  • 201 – on display outside at the Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg.[100]
  • 210 - on display outside at Aviodrome Lelystad AirPort. This aircraft was donated to KLM engineering & maintenance for training purposes and was painted in KLM colors. Afterwards transported by barge to Aviodrome and now in partial Dark Sea grey color.
  • 216 – gate guardian at the former naval airbase Valkenburg, after closing it was moved to naval airbase De Kooy near Den Helder, The Netherlands.[101]

Portugal

Ex-Portuguese Air Force P2V on display at the Museu do Ar in Sintra.
On display
P2V

United Kingdom

On display
P-2H

United States

Airworthy
P2V-7/P-2H
P2V-7S/SP-2H
On display
P2V-1
  • 89082 Truculent Turtle –
    NAS Pensacola, Florida.[107]
P2V-5F/P-2E
P2V-5FS/AP-2E
P2V-5FS/SP-2E
P2V-5/SP2-E
  • 128402 – On static display at Moffett Historical Museum, Moffett Federal Airfield (former
    NAS Moffett Field), California.[112]
P2V-7/P-2H
P2V-7S/AP-2H
P2V-7S/SP-2H
Under restoration or in storage
P2V-5
P2V-5F/P-2E
  • 131502 – in storage by Premier Jets in Hillsboro, Oregon.[120]
  • 131482 – in storage by Neptune Aviation Services in Missoula, Montana.[121]
P2V-5FS/SP-2E
  • 131542 – for static display by the Historic Aircraft Restoration Project at former NAS New York / Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York.[122]
P2V-7/P-2H
  • 140154 – in storage by the Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting in Greybull, Wyoming.[123]
  • 140972 – in storage by Neptune Aviation Services in Missoula, Montana.[124]
  • 147949 – in storage by Neptune Aviation Services in Missoula, Montana.[125]
  • 148341 – in storage by Neptune Aviation Services in Missoula, Montana.[126]
  • 148346 – in storage by Neptune Aviation Services in Missoula, Montana.[127]
  • 148356 – in storage by Neptune Aviation Services in Missoula, Montana.[128]
  • 148359 – in storage by Neptune Aviation Services in Missoula, Montana.[129]
  • 148362 – in storage by Neptune Aviation Services in Missoula, Montana.[130]
P2V-7S/SP-2H
  • 147965 – in storage by Neptune Aviation Services in Missoula, Montana.[131]
  • 148339 – in storage by Neptune Aviation Services in Missoula, Montana.[132]

Specifications (P-2H / P2V-7)

3-view line drawing of the Lockheed P2V-4 Neptune
3-view line drawing of the Lockheed P2V-4 Neptune

Data from Combat Aircraft since 1945[133]

General characteristics

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 363 mph (584 km/h, 315 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 207 mph (333 km/h, 180 kn)
  • Range: 2,157 mi (3,471 km, 1,874 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 22,400 ft (6,800 m)

Armament

See also

  • Neptune Mission, a 1958 Canadian short documentary about a Neptune anti-submarine mission

Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists

References

Notes

  1. ^ The Netherlands fitted its P2V-7s with the cannon-armed nose of the P2V-3 because of the potential counter-insurgency requirements.[25]
  2. ^ During the Korean War, the US Navy operated a number of specially equipped Lockheed P2V Neptune's flying ELINT sorties against the Soviet Union...[57]
  3. ^ P2V-5 shot down by Chinese antiaircraft fire near Swatow.[59]
  4. ^ USN P2V-5 Neptune of VP-9[60]
  5. ^ (This was the only incident in which the Soviet Union admitted any responsibility.[61])

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  14. ^ Mutza Air Enthusiast Twenty-nine, p. 77.
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