Grumman's XTB2F was designed to replace the TBF Avenger, but the massive carrier-based torpedo bomber was canceled before flight after the US Navy deemed it too large.

A team of maritime and naval conservation organizations are on a mission to save the last viable U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bomber. "Of the 129 TBD-1 aircraft built for the service, ...

NASM copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "The Douglas Devastator was the US Navy's first all-metal combat aircraft, the Navy's first airplane with a fully enclosed cockpit, ...

The Battle of Midway was the turning point of the Pacific War. After losing four aircraft carriers, the Japanese Empire lost the initiative to the U.S. Navy. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) On the ...