[xrmusn]

any port could become a base - even any Navy ship at sea with refueling capability could be used.

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Very true - when I saw the white hats scrambling on the fuselage, it struck me as kind of a ‘flying submarine’ and the one poster already mentioned the SSBN’s that had the payload just didn’t lift off (or out of) the ocean.

It truly would have made the Navy many dimensional from the sea - on over and under - who needs dry land? probably either the forerunner or result of the LVT’s the Navy/Marine team used

AAAARGGGHHHH

Anyone out there remember the ‘car boat’? I seem to recall either Willy’s or Kaiser making it and not sure I put an actual eyeball on one, seem to remember them from newsreels at the movies...(Pre TV)....

[lentulusgracchus]

It truly would have made the Navy many dimensional from the sea - on over and under

The Russians liked the concept a lot. They had a long deployment of large turboprop seaplanes for ASW work in particular, but also SAR and other missions. I think they belonged for the most part to the Northern Fleet.

They could deploy sonobuoys or dipping sonar as wanted, and could float silent, undetected, for long periods while listening to both sonobuoys and VDS.