Curtiss SOC Seagull, part one

The Curtiss SOC Seagull was an American single-engined scout observation aircraft, which was designed by Alexander Solla when he was working for the Curtiss-Wright company for the United States Navy. It served on board of Battleships and Cruisers in a seaplane configuration, being launched from catapults and recovered from sea landings and also by the United States Marine Corps which used them, limitedly, in the scout role, specially in the years previous to America's entry into World War II.
The wings could be folded back to be storaged aboard the ship and floaters could be replaced by fixed landing-gear to make it operate from shore bases or carriers.
A total of 285 SOC aircraft were manufactured, from every variant from SOC-1 to SOC-4 with the production beginning in 1935 and the SOC-3 being the basis for the Naval Aircraft Factory SON-1 variant of which 64 of them were delivered in 1940.
The prototype flew for the first time in 1934 and every versions were powered by a single Pratt & Whitney R-1340-18 nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engine which yielded a power of 550hp. It had a crew of two, and was armed with one fixed forward-firing 0.3in (7.62mm) Browning M2 AN plus one defensive rear-firing 0.3in Browning M2 AN. It could also carry a payload of 650lb (295Kg) of bombs carried under lower wings.
It was ordered for production by the United States Navy in 1933 and entered service in 1935. The first production order was of 135 SOC-1 models, followed by 40 SOC-2 variants with fixed landing gear for landing operations both carriers and shore bases. A third variant known as the SOC-3 was built by the Naval Aircraft Factory, as we told before and received oficial denomination of SON-1.

Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_SOC_Seagull
2. https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=832