{"id":90,"date":"2009-10-26T13:05:10","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T17:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/?p=90"},"modified":"2009-10-26T13:43:06","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T17:43:06","slug":"grumman-tbm-3e-avenger-on-display-at-uss-hornet-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/archives\/90","title":{"rendered":"Grumman TBM-3E Avenger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Grumman TBM-3E Avenger was the torpedo bomber used by CAG-17 VT-17 aboard the USS Hornet during 1944 and 1945.<br \/>\n<BR><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/0212861-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"021286\" title=\"021286\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/0212861-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/0212861.jpg 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<BR><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uss-hornet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">USS Hornet (CV-12)<\/a> is now a floating museum at NAS Alameda, California. Their tribute to the WWII years includes a restored <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uss-hornet.org\/exhibits\/aircraft\/prop\/avenger.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Grumman TBM-3E Avenger with VT-17 markings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TBM-3E Specifications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Length &#8211; 40 feet<\/li>\n<li>Height &#8211; 16 feet 5 inches<\/li>\n<li>Wingspan &#8211; 54 feet<\/li>\n<li>Weight (empty) &#8211; 10,843 lbs.<\/li>\n<li>Weight (maximum) &#8211; 18,250 lbs.<\/li>\n<li>Engine &#8211;\u00a0Wright\/Cyclone R-2600-20, 14 cylinders, 1900 horsepower<\/li>\n<li>Range &#8211; 1920 miles without armament, 1130 miles with armament<\/li>\n<li>Speed &#8211; 267 MPH<\/li>\n<li>Ceiling &#8211; 23000 feet<\/li>\n<li>Armament &#8211; (torpedo\/under-carriage) Bliss-Leavitt Mark 13 or 2000 lbs. explosives<\/li>\n<li>Armament &#8211; (defensive) Wing-mounted .50 caliber machine guns (2), turrent-mounted .50 caliber machine gun, tail-mounted .30 caliber machine gun.<\/li>\n<li>Crew &#8211; 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>VT-17 TBM aircraft were the first to strike the Battleship Yamato on 7 April 1945.<\/p>\n<p>Below are a series of photographs of the USS Hornet and VT-17 aircraft during 1944-1945.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-100\" title=\"0212ab\" src=\"http:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/0212ab-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"0212ab\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/0212ab-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/0212ab.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-101\" title=\"021248\" src=\"http:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/021248-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"021248\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/021248-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/021248.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-102\" title=\"021249\" src=\"http:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/021249-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"021249\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/021249-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/021249.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-103\" title=\"021267\" src=\"http:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/021267-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"021267\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/021267-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/021267.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><BR><B><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.navsource.org\/archives\/02\/12.htm\" target=\"_blank\">USS Hornet CAG-17 VT-17 images from www.navsource.org<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Images from www.navsource.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110,"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vt17.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}