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SOC Seagull
Seagull seaplane configuration in flight
Role Scout
National origin United States
Manufacturer Curtiss-Wright
Designer Alexander Solla
First flight April 1934
Introduction 12 November 1935
Retired 1949
Primary users United States Navy
United States Coast Guard
United States Marine Corps
Produced 1935-1940
Number built 322 (258 by Curtiss, 64 by the NAF)
SOC-1 Seagull in 1940

The Curtiss SOC Seagull was an American single-engined scout observation seaplane, designed by Alexander Solla of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation for the United States Navy. The aircraft served on battleships and cruisers in a seaplane configuration, being launched by catapult and recovered from a sea landing. The wings folded back against the fuselage for storage aboard ship. When based ashore or on carriers the single float was replaced by fixed wheeled landing gear.

Curtiss delivered 258 SOC aircraft, in versions SOC-1 through SOC-4, beginning in 1935. The SOC-3 design was the basis of the Naval Aircraft Factory SON-1 variant, of which the NAF delivered 64 aircraft from 1940.

The aircraft served as an important observation craft during WW2 for the U.S. Navy, although the Vought OS2U Kingfisher served in greater numbers.

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