PBY-5A Catalina

	[Edit] PBY-5A Catalina Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina No.178 PBY-5A Catalina
	Large Flying Boat Effects: +2 +2 +9 Combat Radius: 10 (Deployment Cost: 13) Scrap value: 8 2 18 (Unbuildable)
	Refittable Ship Types
Coastal Defense Ship	Destroyer
Light Cruiser	Torpedo Cruiser
Heavy Cruiser	Training Cruiser
Aviation Cruiser	Fast Battleship
Battleship	Aviation Battleship
Light Carrier	Standard Aircraft Carrier
Armored Carrier	Seaplane Tender
Submarine	Aircraft Carrying Submarine
Submarine Tender	Fleet Oiler
Repair Ship	Amphibious Assault Ship
	LBAS Plane

Introduction

「カタリナ」の愛称で親しまれた傑作飛行艇です。信頼性の高い水陸両用機で、哨戒から救難まで幅広く運用されました。
戦後も活躍した傑作機のひとつです。

Nicknamed “Catalina”, this was a wonderfully designed flying boat. It was widely used for patrol and rescue operations.
Even after the end of the war, this masterpiece of a machine saw continued usage.

Mechanics

Large Flying Boats share most of the properties of Reconnaissance Aircraft. They notably:

Can perform ASW attacks on their own (similar to Rotorcraft).
Increase the minimum Range of Land Bases, from +1 to +3 range depending on the base's unmodified range.
Can be used in the Air Reconnaissance nodes mechanic.
When equipped in any slot size, the plane count is dropped down to 1, refunding any bauxite.

Although it is a scout which does not actually participate in Aerial Combat mechanics-wise, it is still included in the launching animation if other planes are launched.

When used alongside other planes in an LBAS, the PBY-5A Catalina can rescue some of them, saving some bauxite when resupplying (does not prevent loss of Plane Proficiency).

Notes

How To Obtain

From quest: B88 (choice)

From limited-time quest: 2104 LQ1 (choice, choice)

Event reward for:

Spring 2016 Event E-6: Hard, Medium, Easy

Updates History

2016-05-02: Implemented
2021-04-22: Catalina rescue mechanic added