page_title: Douglas Dolphin
section_title: Military operators
hierarchical_section_title: Douglas Dolphin / Military operators
caption_attribution_description: A Douglas Dolphin at the U.S. National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, Florida (USA). This aircraft was originally purchased in 1934 by William E. Boeing, founder of Boeing Airplane Company, for use as a transport. It was sold in 1941 and subsequently flew with the Civil Aviation Administration and Alaska Airlines before Dr. Colgate W. Darden, III, purchased it. Darden's father, a U.S. congressman and Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, was Naval Aviator Number 871. Darden later donated the aircraft to the museum. It is painted as a U.S. Coast Guard RD-4.
context_page_description: The Douglas Dolphin was an amphibious flying boat. While only 58 were built, they served a wide variety of roles: private 'air yacht', airliner, military transport, and search and rescue.
context_section_description:  Argentina
  Argentine Naval Aviation
   Australia
  Royal Australian Air Force
   United States
  U.S. Army Air Corps
  U.S. Army Air Force
  United States Coast Guard
  U.S. Marine Corps
  United States Navy
caption: The sole surviving Douglas Dolphin at the U.S. National Museum of Naval Aviation.
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