The Nuclear Seaplanes Created to Replace America's Aircraft Carriers

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With the U.S. Air Force’s growing influence post World War 2 and the development of the atomic bomb, the U.S Navy began to seek its own strategic nuclear force and pursued seaplanes that could not only conquer the sea, but also land, and air. This ambitious goal and bitter rivalry led the Navy to partner with aerospace manufacturers to prototype at least four different seaplane models, including the only one to ever break the sound-barrier.

Among them were orders with the Glenn L. Martin company to design the P6M SeaMaster and with Convair to create the F2Y-1 Sea Dart, the XFY-1 Pogo, and the 3RY Tradewind. These experimental seaplanes promised to change naval and aviation history, conquering the world with their sea-based flexibility and ability to launch and stay below detection by most conventional radar systems. It was thought that the program would render the aircraft carrier obsolete…

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