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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:HC-131A Samaritan
    Last Military Serial:5782 USCG
    Construction Number:53-02
    Compressed ID:Convair HC-131A sn 5782 USCG cn 53-...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Coast Guard

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a MC-131A.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-5782.

    1962

    Redesignated as C-131A (M).

    11 December 1974

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CS004.

    2 April 1976

    New serial number assigned: 43002 MASDC

    25 July 1976

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 5782.

    13 November 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: US Coast Guard HC-131A Samaritan as seen at Opa-Locka in November 1979.

    1982

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Coast Guard.

    Scrapped.
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