Grumman F7F Tigercat Twin-Engine Naval Fighter Family
The Grumman F7F Tigercat was a large twin-engine naval fighter family designed for the Midway-class carriers and adapted for land-based Marine operations. Its tricycle landing gear, heavy armament, radar-equipped night-fighter variants, and later reconnaissance versions made it a bridge between wartime piston fighters and post-war naval jets; Tigercats saw their principal combat service in Korea.
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Identity
- Aliases
- F7F TigercatXF7F-1F7F-1F7F-2NF7F-3
- Family Name
- Grumman F7F Tigercat
- Full Name
- Grumman F7F Tigercat Twin-Engine Naval Fighter Family
- Roles
- military
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Grumman F7F Tigercat was a large twin-engine naval fighter family designed for the Midway-class carriers and adapted for land-based Marine operations. Its tricycle landing gear, heavy armament, radar-equipped night-fighter variants, and later reconnaissance versions made it a bridge between wartime piston fighters and post-war naval jets; Tigercats saw their principal combat service in Korea.
- First Flight Year
- 1,943
- Manufacturer
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 2
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Variant Notes
- R-2800-22, R-2800-32W, or R-2800-34W across F7F variants; canonical node is the R-2800 family.
- Name
- F7F Tigercat R-2800 family installation
- Notes
- U.S. Navy evidence identifies R-2800-22, R-2800-32W, and R-2800-34W variants across the twin-engine Tigercat family; this family-level link preserves the documented variant set without inventing an exact child node.
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- Creation Time
- August 7, 2026 at 08:44:10 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 16:21:29 UTC