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Variants
Prototype converted from a PBM Mariner with modified hull.
P5M-1
Production model for the United States Navy, 160 built, later re-designated P-5A in 1962.
A Martin P5M-1 Marlin (Bu. 135464) of patrol squadron VP-45 Pelicans
about to launch from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL in 1954.
[Source: U.S. Navy]
Modified P5M-1 for the United States Coast Guard, seven conversions, later returned to the Navy as P5M-1T.
P5M-1S
Modified P5M-1 with upgraded electronic and anti-submarine equipment, eighty conversion later re-designated SP-5A in 1962.
P5M-1T
Seven former USCG P5M-1Gs returned to Navy as crew trainers and one former
P5M-1, later re-designated TP-5A in 1962.
P5M-2
Updated production model, 108 built for the U.S. Navy and 12 built for the French Navy, United States aircraft later re-designated P-5B in 1962. P5M-2 featured T-tail in lieu of low mounted horizontal surfaces in P5M-1.
P5M-2S
Most P5M-2s were modified with upgraded electronic and anti-submarine equipment, later re-designated SP-5B in 1962.
Martin SP-5B Marlin (Bu. 135533) of patrol squadron VP-40 Fighting Marlins landing
after its last operational flight in San Diego Bay on November 6, 1967.
[Source: U.S. Navy]
Four P5M-2s built for the USCG, later transferred to U.S. Navy as P5M-2s.
P7M-1 (Model 313) Submaster
a P5M-3 was revised with a single turbojet engine mounted. Mockup built in 1956 and lost out to Lockheed P-3 Orion.
Sources:
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