Consolidated P4Y-2G “Privateer” (1945)
The first six PB4Y-2aircraft were obtained beginning in 1945, They were used as support aircraft for the Coast Guard Loran Stations throughout the Pacific. Originally
Model: PBY
Consolidated PB4Y-1 “Liberator” (1945)
PB4Y-2 with locally fabricated nose blister L – R: Bishop ARM1, Apple AMM1 ADAMS AOC, xxxxxxx, Yeager AMM1 — On 12 July 1945 VPB-6 (CG)
Consolidated PB2Y-5 “Coronado” (1944)
In April 1942, Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco was assigned to the operational control of the Commander, Western Sea Frontier, U. S. Navy. The
Consolidated PBY-5A / 6A “Catalina” (1941)
The first PBY obtained by the Coast Guard, V189, was purchased from the Navy in the spring of 1941. It was specially outfitted at Air Station San Francisco with a nine-lens-camera for mapping coastal regions around the country. While the arrangement worked well in the lower 48, after two mapping trips to Alaska the camera was transferred to a newer PBY-5A (PBY BuNo 08055), an amphibian, making it more versatile in the extreme environment of Alaska.