The Grumman S-2 Tracker is the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare aircraft to enter service with the United States Navy. Designed and initially built by Grumman, the Tracker w
An S-2E from VS-29
Starboard wing root and fold mechanism with wing removed
U.S. Navy S-2 Tracker on the port catapult of USS Lexington ready for take-off, 22 January 1963
A TS-2A aircrew training version of the Tracker in 1976
The Grumman C-1 Trader is a carrier onboard delivery variant of the Grumman S-2 Tracker. It was replaced by a similar version of the Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye, the Grumman C-2 Greyhound. It entered
Grumman S-2 Tracker
…of navies around the world. Introduced in 1952, the Tracker and its E-1 Tracer derivative saw service in the U.S. Navy until the mid-1970s, and its C-1 Trader derivative until the mid-1980s, with a few aircraft remaining in service with other air arms into the 21st century. Argentina was the last country to…
A C-1A Trader from Naval Air Station, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania in 1987
C-1 Trader lands on USS Midway (CV-41), 1982
Grumman C-1 at Willow Grove Base, Pennsylvania, US. 1987
On the deck of the USS Lexington, 1985