Martin PBM-3/5 Mariner
No caption/date [circa 1944?]/photo number; photographer unknown. On tarmac with beaching gear in place, with flight & maintenance crews and staff of unknown air station posed on the tarmac in front of the PBM; note the SPARs, tractors, depth charges, and open weapon bay under port nacelle.
History:
The Coast Guard acquired 27 Martin PBM-3 during the first half of 1943. In late 1944, the service acquired 41 PBM-5 models and more were delivered in the latter half of 1945. Ten were still in service in 1955 although all were gone from the inventory by 1956. These flying boats became the backbone of the long-range aerial search and rescue efforts of the Coast Guard in the early post-war years.
As of 31 October 1944 the Coast Guard's PBM's were stationed at the following Coast Guard Air Stations: five PBM-3's at Elizabeth City; one PBM-3C at Miami; two PBM-3S's at Port Angeles; two PBM-3S's at St. Petersburg; two PBM-3S's at Salem; one PBM-3C and three PBM-3S's at San Diego; and two PBM-3S's at San Francisco.
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USCG
Service
Number
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Type:
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Date acquired:
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Disposition:
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Notes, stations assigned, general information, etc.
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1284
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P5M-1G
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20 Nov 1953
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Transferred to USN
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1285
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P5M-1G
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Jun 1954
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Transferred to USN
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1286
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P5M-1G
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Jul 1954
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Transferred to USN
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1287
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P5M-1G
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Sep 1954
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Transferred to USN
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AIRSTA San Francisco (July 1955)
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1295
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P5M-1G
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Sep 1954
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Transferred to USN
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1296
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P5M-1G
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Jul 1954
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Transferred to USN
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AIRSTA San Francisco (August 1955)
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1297
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P5M-1G
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Aug 1954
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Transferred to USN
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1312
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P5M-2G
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Transferred to USN
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Stationed at AIRSTA St. Petersburg;
Stationed at AIRSTA San Francisco
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1318
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P5M-2G
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Transferred to USN
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AIRSTA San Diego (1958)
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1319
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P5M-2G
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Transferred to USN
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1320
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P5M-2G
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Transferred to USN
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No caption/date/photo number; photographer unknown. On ramp in preparation for launch, crew is running to the PBM; view is forward quarter, port side. Note beaching gear and anchor with hoist.
Original caption: "Coast Guard Air Station PBM 94732 taxing for take-off. This is the type plane used for off shore landings."; Photo No. A-136; 10 July 1947; photographer unknown.
"PBM-5G #84698, Damaged in offshore landing in seas approximately 2 to 2 1/2 feet high. Both engine mounts were broken, left stabilizer smashed and twisted, main spar badly buckled, fuel tanks ruptured, air-[craft] had to be sunk by gunfire as menace to navigation."; no date/photo number; photographer unknown. View from starboard, photo is slightly out of focus and faded.
AIRCRAFT TYPE/SERIES: PBM-3 Martin Mariner Model 162
Total Units Operated: 37
Entered Service : 12/05/43
Exited Service : 07/01/46
Months Operated : 31
USCG Date Rec'd Date Type Station MSN Disp No. Comm From Decom
6513 03/02/45 USN 05/18/46 PBM-3S SFO 2966 To USN
6515 12/05/43 USN 03/10/46 PBM-3S SAN 2968 To USN
6518 02/29/44 USN 04/23/46 PBM-3S NOW 2971 To USN
6519 02/17/45 USN 04/23/46 PBM-3S PIE 2972 To USN
6524 02/10/45 USN 01/18/46 PBM-3S DKY 2977 To USN
6535 12/20/43 USN 04/30/46 PBM-3S PIE 2988 To USN
6542 05/15/44 USN 05/15/46 PBM-3S ECG 2995 To USN
6559 12/05/43 USN 11/29/45 PBM-3S DKY 3012 To USN
6573 12/20/43 USN 08/11/44 PBM-3S NOW 3026 To USN
6574 02/29/44 USN 05/15/46 PBM-3S PIE 3027 To USN
6576 08/04/44 USN 04/19/45 PBM-3S ECG 3029 To SLM
04/19/45 USN 06/07/46 PBM-3S SLM To USN
6581 12/21/43 USN 05/17/46 PBM-3S SLM 3034 To USN
6582 12/20/43 USN 05/23/46 PBM-3S SAN 3035 To USN
6586 08/07/44 USN 05/19/45 PBM-3S SAN 3039 To USN
6589 01/01/44 USN 04/24/46 PBM-3S ECG 3042 To USN
6590 12/21/43 USN 05/21/45 PBM-3S NOW 3043 To USN
6593 01/26/44 USN 08/23/44 PBM-3S NOW 3046 To USN
6596 12/26/43 USN 05/17/46 PBM-3S DKY 3049 To USN
6601 12/21/43 USN 07/31/44 PBM-3S SFO 3054 To USN
6602 03/08/44 USN 08/02/44 PBM-3S ECG 3055 To USN
6613 01/01/44 USN 07/01/46 PBM-3S SAN 3066 To USN
6615 12/05/43 USN 05/13/45 PBM-3S SFO 3068 To USN
6620 05/05/45 USN 06/07/46 PBM-3S SFO 3073 To USN
6656 03/31/44 USN 08/10/44 PBM-3S SFO 3109 To USN
6663 02/29/44 USN 08/02/44 PBM-3S ECG 3116 To USN
6665 12/20/43 USN 04/19/46 PBM-3S SAN 3118 To USN
6666 02/29/44 USN 06/28/45 PBM-3S SFO 3119 To USN
6678 12/20/43 USN 10/19/44 PBM-3S SLM 3131 To USN
6694 01/01/44 USN 05/10/46 PBM-3S SLM 3147 To USN
6707 12/21/43 USN 08/19/44 PBM-3S SLM 3160 To USN
6710 12/27/43 USN 03/25/46 PBM-3S ECG 3163 To USN
6746 12/20/43 USN 08/19/44 PBM-3S PIE 3199 To USN
6747 12/20/43 USN 09/21/44 PBM-3S PIE 3200 To USN
01658 05/02/45 USN 05/15/46 PBM-3S NOW 3216 To USN
01663 05/02/45 USN 01/11/46 PBM-3S SFO 3221 Crash DBR
01680 05/02/45 USN 06/17/46 PBM-3S NOW 3238 To USN
48214 10/12/45 USN 06/21/46 PBM-3D DKY 7968 To USN
Sources:
PBM file, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office Archive.
Arthur Pearcy, U.S. Coast Guard Aircraft Since 1916 (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1991), pp. 251-253.
Gordon Swanborough & Peter M. Bowers. United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911 (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1990-third edition), pp. 360-362.