Carrier onboard delivery (COD) is the use of aircraft to ferry personnel, mail, supplies, and high-priority cargo, such as replacement parts, from shore bases to an aircraft carrier at sea. Several types of aircraft, including helicopters, have been used by navies in the COD role. The Grumman C-2 Greyhound has been the United States Navy's primary COD aircraft since the mid-1960s.
USS George Washington (CVN-73) crew unload mail from two C-2A Greyhounds in 2011
A Gannet COD.4 from HMS Victorious (R38) aboard USS Bennington in 1965
A C-1A Trader in 1987
US-3A of VRC-50 in 1987
The Grumman C-2 Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing cargo aircraft designed to carry supplies, mail, and passengers to and from aircraft carriers of the United States Navy. Its primary mission is carrier onboard delivery (COD). The aircraft provides critical logistics support to carrier strike groups. The aircraft is mainly used to transport high-priority cargo such as jet engines and special stores, mail, and passengers between carriers and shore bases.
Grumman C-2 Greyhound
A C-2A taxis prior to takeoff on a flight to USS John F. Kennedy in February 1984. This was the first Greyhound delivered in 1966.
A VRC-40 C-2A(R) after SLEP on USS Carl Vinson, July 2009
A C-2 Greyhound launches from a carrier at sea