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Photo # NH 99728: Aeromarine 40 flying boat flies over USS Hannibal, 1923

Online Library of Selected Images:

-- U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT --
1911-1922 DESIGNATION SYSTEMS --


The U.S. Navy Aircraft -- 1911-1922 Designation Systems section of the Online Library provides ready access to pictures of those U.S. Navy airplanes and lighter-than-air craft that entered service prior to the adoption of the alpha-numeric designation system used from March 1922 until September 1962.

This page lists all U.S. Navy aircraft designated under the 1911-1922 systems for which pictorial presentations are currently available through the Online Library.

If the aircraft you want is not listed on this page, contact the Photographic Section concerning other research options.


Aircraft are listed below in alphabetical order by manufacturer. Scan down the list until you find the aircraft you want, then click its entry to access appropriate image presentation pages.


NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 17 November 2004
    Coding updated 19 April 2009