Adopted by the Romeo Lions Club

This aircraft is on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation.

This Grumman built ship-board anti-submarine and patrol aircraft was developed in the 1950s to perform a mission originally flown using two single-engine aircraft, one to locate the submarine and the other to destroy it. The S-2 performed both functions and had the reliability of two engines. The S-2 was flown by Naval Reserve units at Selfridge from 1976 to 1980. Aircraft #144721 was at the Willow Grove NAS in Pennsylvania and flown to Selfridge in 1979.

Wingspan: 68’ 8” Engine: R-1820 (2)

Length: 42’ Power: 1,525 hp ea

Height: 16’ 3” Speed: 265 mph

Weight: 18,315# 1st Flight: 1952