Grumman JF-2 Duck being deployed from cutter Two were carried experimentally on board the cutters Spencer and Taney during pre-war tests
Grumman JF-2 Duck being deployed from cutter. Two were carried experimentally on board the 327s Spencer and Taney during pre-war tests. The Coast Guard obtained 14 JF-2’s prior to WWII designed specifically for the service and a number of J2Fs during WWII. Of the first batch, they were acquired in October of 1934 and carried Coast Guard numbers V-135 through V148.