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The 1916 Curtiss N-9 seaplane, which was based on the Curtiss JN-4B Jenny, first entered American military service in 1917 and was used as a trainer until 1927. About one hundred of these seaplanes were built by Curtiss and over six hundred were built by Burgess, under contract. |
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This photo and the next one show a N-9 seaplane from the United States Navy Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois. |
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JENNY
TRAINER
GREAT
LAKES NAVAL MUSEUM
A Curtiss R-6L seaplane in American military service. 96 of these aircraft were used, by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps, as torpedo bombers. |
A United States Navy Curtiss R-6 seaplane being used for an experimental catapult flight, from the deck of the U.S.S. Huntington (CA-5), at NAS Pensacola, in Florida, around May to July, 1917. Its catapult and four seaplanes were removed from the ship, while it was in New York, in October 1917. |
Two United States Navy Curtiss R-6 seaplanes on water! |
ACR-5
USS WEST VIRGINIA / USS HUNTINGTON
CURTISS
R6