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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:HH-3F Pelican
    Last Military Serial:1486 USCG
    Construction Number:61-663
    Last Civil Registration:N52V
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky HH-3F sn 1486 USCG cn 61-6...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HH-3F.

    15 November 1941

    To G and G Airlines Company Ltd, Tucson, AZ with new c/r N52V.

    26 July 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 1486.

    3 August 1972

    Transferred to Aviation Training Center, Mobile, AL.

    6 January 1975

    Transferred to Aircraft Repair and Supply Center, CGAS Elizabeth City, NC.

    3 June 1975

    Transferred to CGAS Annette, AK.

    May 1978

    Involved in an incident.
    While doing Platform Pickup training at Sitka Alaska in Crescent Bay, threw a main rotor blade.

    Circa 1978

    Transferred to ARSC Elizabeth City, NC.

    6 March 1979

    Transferred to CGAS San Diego, CA.

    16 November 1981

    Transferred to ARSC Elizabeth City, NC.

    From 12 May 1982 to After October 1984

    Transferred to CGAS New Orleans, LA.

    14 October 1982


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1982 photo at NAS New Orleans of Sikorsky HH-3F Pelican of US Coast Guard

    After October 1984

    Transferred to ARSC Elizabeth City, NC.

    19 June 1985

    Transferred to CGAS Sitka, AK.

    1 May 1990

    Transferred to ARSC Elizabeth City, NC.

    21 February 1991

    Transferred to CGAS Clearwater, FL.

    22 July 1993

    Withdrawn from use.

    10 June 1994

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    27 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Pensacola Naval Museum

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    Sid Nanson
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