Vought F6U-1 Pirate






Last updated on: February 23, 2012

Just 33 total were produced, serving mostly as trainers when the engines and design failed to impress.

This is a work in progress and any help would be appreciated. Information on these planes is rather difficult to locate online and this work will remain incomplete unless you the readers offer to help me. Please feel free to pass along any information that you might have.

At the end of this page is a list of people who have graciously offered their help. Thank you all very much!

33532
*XF6U-1.
*10/2/1946: First flight.
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33533
*XF6U-1.
*6/26/1947: First flight.
*Naval Air Test Center, at NAS Patuxent River, MD for tests.
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33534
*XF6U-1.
*11/10/1947: First flight.
*Naval Air Test Center, at NAS Patuxent River, MD for tests.
*11/1948: Crashed due to a seized engine bearing near Stratford APT, CT.
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122478
*2/9/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*5/31/1950: Bailed to the Bureau of Aeronautics at NAS Dallas, TX for testing.
*12/1950: Retired from service.
*3/1952: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.
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122479
*2/24/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*5/1950: Bailed to the Bureau of Aeronautics at NAS Dallas, TX for testing.
*12/1950: Retired from service.
*3/1952: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.
*Used by the Bureau of Ordinance for damage trials, somewhere in the Southwest.
*Was saved by the Connecticut Historical Aviation Museum staff from the desert.
*Currently being restored by retirees of the Vought Corporation at Hensley Field, TX.
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122480
*3/11/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*5/1950: Bailed to the Bureau of Aeronautics at NAS Dallas, TX for testing.
*12/1950: Retired from service.
*3/1952: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122481
*8/31/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*5/1950: Naval Air Test Center at NAS Patuxent River, MD for electronics testing.
*12/1950: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.
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122482
*12/8/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*5/1950: Naval Air Test Center at NAS Patuxent River, MD for testing.
*12/1950: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122483
*10/31/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*7/23/1950: Bailed to Ames Aeronautical Institute at NAS Moffett Field, CA for armament testing.
*Perhaps modified as F6U-1P for tactical photo recon.
*4/24/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory at NAS Moffett Field, CA.
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122484
*12/6/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*5/1950: Naval Air Test Center at NAS Patuxent River, MD for testing.
*7/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*1/1951: Maintenance and Service at Philadelphia, PA.
*1/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122485
*12/6/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*5/1950: Naval Air Test Center at NAS Patuxent River, MD for testing.
*7/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*1/1951: Maintenance and Service at Philadelphia, PA.
*1/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122486
*12/8/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*1/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*6/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*1/16/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122487
*12/8/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*1/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*4/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*1/1951: Maintenance and Service at Philadelphia, PA.
*1/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122488
*12/23/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*1/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*4/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*5/16/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122489
*1/27/1950: Accepted by the US Navy.
*2/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*4/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*5/25/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122490
*12/6/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*3/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*4/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*5/9/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.
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122491
*12/22/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*2/1950: Bailed to the Bureau of Aeronautics at NAS Dallas, TX for tests.
*8/1950: Bailed to Ames Aeronautical Institute at NAS Moffett Field, CA for tests.
*4/24/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.
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122492
*12/23/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*1/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*5/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*2/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122493
*12/27/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*1/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*4/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*1/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122494
*12/22/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*1/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*4/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*3/27/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122495
*12/10/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*1/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*4/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*3/22/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122496
*12/27/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*1/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*5/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*5/16/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122497
*12/29/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*1/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*4/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*1/1951: Bailed to the Bureau of Aeronautics at Philadelphia, PA.
*1/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122498
*12/30/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*1/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*4/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*1/1951: Bailed to the Bureau of Aeronautics at Philadelphia, PA.
*1/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122499
*12/30/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*1/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*4/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*1/1951: Bailed to the Bureau of Aeronautics at Philadelphia, PA.
*1/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.
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122500
*12/30/1949: Accepted by the US Navy.
*2/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*4/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*1/1951: Bailed to the Bureau of Aeronautics at Philadelphia, PA.
*1/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122501
*1/20/1950: Accepted by the US Navy.
*2/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*4/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*1/1951: Bailed to the Bureau of Aeronautics at Philadelphia, PA.
*1/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122502
*2/9/1950: Accepted by the US Navy.
*2/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*5/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*5/1/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122503
*2/2/1950: Accepted by the US Navy.
*2/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*4/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*4/30/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122504
*1/27/1950: Accepted by the US Navy.
*2/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*4/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*1/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122505
*2/2/1950: Accepted by the US Navy.
*2/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*5/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*1/1951: Bailed to the Bureau of Aeronautics at Philadelphia, PA.
*1/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122506
*1/27/1950: Accepted by the US Navy.
*2/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*6/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*5/16/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.

122507
*2/9/1950: Accepted by the US Navy.
*2/1950: USN VX-36, at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
*6/1950: Overhaul and Repair at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
*5/16/1951: Stricken from the US Navy inventory.


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For their assistance in various parts of this project, I would like to give thanks to the following individual people...

Joseph F. Baugher for the bureau number list.
Tjalling Boelman
Johan Visschedijk