#o3u

USS TEXAS (BB-35) underway in the ocean. If you look closely, one of her Vought O2U Corsair (it could be a O3U, it is hard to make out detail) is about to be launched from her catapult on turret no. 3.

Photographed sometime between June 1930 and April 1935.

USS COLORADO (BB-45) steams off lower Manhattan, New York City.

Photographed in 1932.

Portside view of USS COLORADO (BB-45) underwear. This view shows the addition of additional machinegun positions on her foremast top. Airplanes on her catapults are Vought O3U-3 Corsairs.

Photographed during the mid or later 1930s.

View from the main deck of USS TEXAS (BB-35), looking at turret no. 3 with three Vought O3U-1.

Photographed sometime between June 1931 and June 1936.

Sailors gather to set a damaged Vought O3U-1 Corsair back on the launcher of USS TEXAS (BB-35).

Photographed near San Pedro, California in April 1933.

View of three Vought O3U-3 Corsairs sitting on the turret no. 3 catapult of USS TEXAS (BB-35), while she docked at an unknown port.

The O3U-3 was the first Vought aircraft to use an in-house designed pontoon and floats. Prior to this, the Navy installed 3rd party floats themselves.

Date: June 1936-July 1937