The Wildcat ended up being the main shipboard fighter when the United States entered WWII. The F4F ended up being barrel-shaped, with angular wingtips and rudder and a narrow-track undercarriage. The F4F was well-armed and dependable, and ended up being an all natural shipboard aircraft, most likely simpler to land on a carrier deck than on land. The F4F never really had a operational rate limitation.
The F4F had hydraulic wing folding,the united states Navy orders totaled 1169 F4F-4s. It had replaced the F4F-3 by August 1942.
