Douglas TBD Devastator - Specifications (TBD-1)

Specifications (TBD-1)

Data from Devastator...The Not-so-Devastating TBD-1

General characteristics

• Crew: Three: Pilot, Torpedo Officer/Navigator, Radioman/Gunner
• Length: 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
• Wingspan: 50 ft 0 in (15.24 m)
• Height: 15 ft 1 in (4.60 m)
• Wing area: 422 ft² (39.2 m²)
• Empty weight: 5,600 lb (2,540 kg)
• Loaded weight: 9,289 lb (4,213 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 10,194 lb (4,624 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-64 Twin Wasp radial engine, 900 hp (672 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 206 mph (179 knots, 331 km/h) at 8,000 ft (2,400 m)
• Cruise speed: 128 mph (111 knots, 206 km/h)
• Range: 435 mi (700 km) (378 nmi, 700 km) with Mk XIII Torpedo, 716 mi (623 nmi, 1,152 km) with 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs
• Service ceiling: 19,500 ft (5,945 m)
• Rate of climb: 720 ft/min (3.7 m/s)

Armament

• Guns:
  
  • 1 × forward-firing 0.30 in (7.62 mm) or 0.50 (12.7 mm) machine gun
  • 1 × 0.30 in (7.62 mm) machine gun in rear cockpit (later increased to two)
• Bombs:
  
  • 1 × Mark XIII torpedo or
  • 1 × 1,000 lb (454 kg) bomb or
  • 2 × 500 lb (227 kg) bombs or
  • 12 × 100 lb (45 kg) bombs