| Specifications:
Primary Function: Antisubmarine warfare(ASW)/Antisurface
warfare (ASUW)
Contractor: Lockheed Martin Aeronautical
Systems Company
Unit Cost: $36 million
Propulsion: Four Allison T-56-A-14
turboprop engines (4,900 shaft horsepower each)
Length: 116 feet 7 inches (35.57 meters)
Wingspan: 99 feet 6 inches (30.36
meters)
Height: 33 feet 7 inches (10.27 meters)
Weight: Max gross take-off: 139,760
pounds (63,394.1 kg)
Speed: maximum - 411 knots (466 mph,
745 kmph); cruise - 328 knots (403 mph, 644 kmph)
Ceiling: 28,300 feet (8,625.84 meters)
Range: Maximum mission range - 2,380
nautical miles (2,738.9 miles);
for three hours on station at 1,500 feet
- 1,346 nautical miles (1,548.97 miles)
Crew: 11
Armament: 20,000 pounds (9 metric
tons) of ordnance including:Harpoon (AGM-84D) cruise missile, SLAM (AGM-84E)
missiles, Maverick (AGM 65) air-to-ground missiles, MK-46/50 torpedoes,
rockets, mines, depth bombs, and special weapons
Date Deployed: First flight, November
1959; Operational, P-3A August 1962 and P-3C August 1969
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