(Official U.S. Navy Photograph.) black-and-white photos Curtiss SOC Seagull October 20, 2015by Lone_Sentry_Admin1 min read A Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull seaplane is recovered from the water by a U.S. Navy ship in July 1943. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.) (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)