I took this shot when I served aboard USS Intrepid (CVS-11), during flight operations in the Gulf of Tonkin, September 1968 in the Vietnam War.

General Characteristics C-2A
Primary Function Carrier-on-board delivery (COD) aircraft
Contractor Grumann Aerospace Corp.
Unit Cost $38.96 million
Propulsion Two Allison T-56-A-425 turboprop engines; 4,600 shaft horsepower each
Length 57 feet 7 inches
17.3 meters
Height 17 feet
5 meters
Weight Max. gross, take-off: 57,000 lbs
25,650 kg
Cruising Speed Max.: 300 knots
345 mph
553 kmph
Ceiling 30,000 feet
9,100 meters
Range 1,300 nautical miles
1,496 statute miles
2408 km
Crew Four

“In Memory of Brian My Son”