page_title: Great Lakes BG
section_title: Specifications (BG-1)
hierarchical_section_title: Great Lakes BG / Specifications (BG-1)
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Navy Great Lakes BG-1 of bombing squadron VB-7 at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia (USA), in 1940. VB-7 was flying the Neutrality Patrol.
context_page_description: The Great Lakes BG was an American carrier-based dive bomber of the 1930s. Designed and built by the Great Lakes Aircraft Company of Cleveland, Ohio, 61 were used by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps from 1934 to 1940.
context_section_description: Data from United States Navy Aircraft since 1914 
  General characteristics
  Crew: Two
  Length: 28 ft 9 in (8.77 m)
  Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.98 m)
  Height: 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
  Wing area: 384 ft² (35.7 m²)
  Empty weight: 3,903 lb (1,774 kg)
  Loaded weight: 6,347 lb (2,885 kg)
  Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1535-82 Twin Wasp Junior 14-cylinder, two row air cooled radial engine, 750 hp (560 kW)
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 188 mph (163 kn, 303 km/h)
  Range: 549 mi (477 nmi, 884 km)
  Service ceiling: 20,100 ft (6,100 m)
  Wing loading: 16.5 lb/ft² (80.8 kg/m²)
  Power/mass: 0.12 hp/lb (190 W/kg)
  Climb to 5,000 ft (1,520 m): 5.5 min.
  Armament
  Guns: 1 × fixed forward firing 0.30 in (7.62 mm) M1919 Browning machine gun and 1 × flexibly mounted rear gun
  Bombs: 1 × 1,000 lb (454 kg) bomb under fuselage
caption: BG-1, showing the single bay wings.
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