The Slaying Seagull is a rare example of a USS landplane. It was developed as the performance gap between seaplanes and landplanes grew again, making the Fighting Fulmar ever less effective at protecting fleets. This led not just to the creation of this fighter, but also to the revival of aircraft carriers.
This type of ship had mostly dropped off due to the difficulties adapting the concept to renewable energy sources, and is still the main reason the USS hasn't truly moved away from seaplanes for the bulk of their functions.
As the new generation of carriers consists of small ships comparable to old light carriers, this fighter can take off from surprisingly short runways. It's armed with 8 .50 HMGs.