330-PS-99 (USN 707592):   Navy’s New Long-Range Plane Designed to Combat Snorkel Subs.   The twin-engine P2V-6, built by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation and equipped with the latest electronic and ordnance equipment is the Navy’s new version of the P2V Neptune designed to meet the threat of snorkel type enemy submarines.   Sensitive search radar will make possible the detection of smaller targets, such as snorkel tube, over a much greater distance.  The aircraft’s armament will include rockets, cannons, torpedoes, mines, and bombs.    Photograph released February 23, 1950.  (8/18/2015).
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