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Encyclopedia > TB2D Skypirate
Douglas TB2D Skypirate

XTB2D-1 Skypirate prototype
Description
Role Carrier-borne torpedo bomber
Crew 3
First Flight 1945
Manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company
Dimensions
Length 46 ft 0 in 14.02 m
Wingspan 70 ft 0 in 21.34 m
Height ' " m
Wing area ft²
Weights
Empty 18,400 lb 8350 kg
Loaded 28,545 lb 12947 kg
Maximum takeoff 34,760 lb 15,767 kg
Powerplant
Engines Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major
Power 3350 hp 2500 kW
Performance
Maximum speed 340 mph 546 km/h
Combat range 1250 miles 2013 km
Ferry range miles km
Service ceiling 28,000 ft 8500 m
Rate of climb ft/min m/min
Wing loading lb/ft² kg/m²
Power/Mass hp/lb kW/kg
Armament
Guns 2 × 20 mm cannon
.50 cal (12.7 mm) machineguns
Bombs 8000 lb 3639 kg
Other 4 × torpedoes

The Douglas TB2D Skypirate (also known as the Devastator II) was a torpedo bomber intended for service with the United States Navy's Midway class aircraft carriers; they were too large for earlier decks. Two prototypes were completed, but the dedicated torpedo bomber was becoming an outdated concept and with the end of World War II the type was no longer needed, so the project was cancelled.


The TB2D was powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major driving contra-rotating propellers. Four torpedoes could be carried on underwing pylons, or an equivalent bomb load. Defensive armament consisted of two 20 mm cannon in the wings and .50 cal (12.7 mm) machineguns.


Very large for a single-engined aircraft, the TB2D would have been the largest piston-engined carrierborne plane at the time if it had been deployed. It could carry four times the weapon load of the TBF Avenger and was larger, heavier and faster than a B-25 Mitchell bomber.

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Designation Series TBD Devastator - TB2D Skypirate - Douglas TB3D
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