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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:SH-3H Sea King
    Last Military Serial:156484 USN
    Construction Number:61-430
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky SH-3H sn 156484 USN cn 61-...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SH-3D.

    1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 156484.

    Transferred to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 5 (HS-5), USS Independence.

    By 1970

    Transferred to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 7 (HS-7), NAS Quonset Point, RI.
    Operated with markings: AT-500
    Deployed aboard USS Wasp (CVS-148).

    Circa 1972

    Converted to a SH-3H.

    Transferred to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 11 (HS-11), NAS Quonset Point, RI.

    Transferred to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 1 (HS-1), NAS Jacksonville, FL.

    From By November 1988 to 1992

    Transferred to Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 16 (HC-16), NAS Pensacola, FL.
    Operated with markings: BF-402

    1992

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 8990, AU, HS-3
    Marked as SH-3H 148990.

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    By 2011

    Markings Applied: 60, 6484, HS-3, AU

    27 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola NAS, Pensacola, Florida, United States

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Naval Aviation Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
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