Origin:Chance Vought Division of United Aircraft Corporation
Type:Single-Seat Carrier-Based Fighter-Bomber
Engine:one 2,850 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-32(E) Double Wasp two-row raidial piston with water-methenol injection
Span:40 ft. 11 in. (British,39ft. 7 in.)
Length:34 ft. 4 in.
Height:14 ft. 9 in.
Empty Weight:9,900 lbs.
Loaded Weight:15,079 lbs.
Maximum Speed:462 mph
Initial Climb Rate:4,800 ft. per minute
Service Ceiling:44,000 ft.
Range:1,000 miles on internal fuel
Armament:six 0.5 in. Browning MG 53-2 machine guns,two 1,000 lbs. bombs or eight rockets
History:First Flight(XF4U)-May 29,1940; Production(-1)-June 1942;Combat Delivery July 1942; Final Delivery-December 1952
Users(wartime):Mexico,New Zealand,United Kingdom(RN),United States(Navy & Marines)