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General Characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 59 ft (18 m)
• Wingspan: 35 ft 4 in (10.77 m)
• Height: 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m)
• Wing area: 519 sq ft (48.2 m²)
• Empty weight: 21,133 lb (9,586 kg)
• Gross weight: 33,900 lb (15,377 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Allison J71-A-2E afterburning turbojet engine, 9,700 lbf (43 kN) thrust dry, 14,750 lbf (65.6 kN) with afterburner

Performance

• Maximum speed: 716 mph (1,152 km/h, 622 kn) at sea level. 647 mph (562 kn; 1,041 km/h) at 30,000 ft (9,144 m)
• Range: 1,370 mi (2,200 km, 1,190 nmi)
• Endurance: 3 hours at 575 mi (500 nmi; 925 km) radius
• Service ceiling: 35,050 ft (10,680 m)
• Rate of climb: 12,795 ft/min (65.00 m/s)

Armament

• Guns: 4x 20 mm (0.787 in) Colt Mk 12 cannon with 150 rpg
• Missiles: 4x AIM-7 Sparrow or 4x AIM-9 Sidewinder
• Bombs: 6,000 lb (2,700 kg) of bombs

Avionics

• AN/APG-51A, B, and C radar

• XF3H-1
  Prototype single-seat clear-weather interceptor fighter. Powered by 6,500 lbf (29 kN) (9,200 lbf (41 kN) with afterburner) Westinghouse XJ40-WE-6 engine. Two built.
• F3H-1N
  Initial production version. Single-seat all-weather fighter version, powered by 7,200 lbf (32 kN) (10,900 lbf (48 kN) with afterburner) J40-WE-22 engine. 58 built.
• F3H-1P
  Proposed reconnaissance version of F3H-1. Never built.
• F3H-2N
  All-weather fighter powered by 9,500 lbf (42 kN) (14,250 lbf (63.4 kN) Allison J71-A-2 engine and equipped to carry AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. 239 built. Redesignated F-3C in 1962.
• F3H-2M
  Derivative of F3H-2N armed with four AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles. 80 built. Redesignated MF-3B in 1962.
• F3H-2
  Single-seat strike fighter version, retaining Sidewinder and Sparrow capability of the ?2M/N and adding payload of 6,000 lb (2,730 kg) bombs or rockets. 239 built. Redesignated F-3B in 1962.
• F3H-2P
  Proposed photo-reconnaissance version of ?2. Unbuilt.
• F3H-3
  Proposed version with the General Electric J73 engine. Unbuilt.

F3H-2M

• BuNo 137078 – National Museum Naval Aviation at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.

F3H-2N

• BuNo 133566 – USS Intrepid Museum in New York City, New York.
• BuNo 145221 – Pima Air & Space Museum, adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona.