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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-62 / H-52 / HU2S
    Latest Model:HH-52A Seaguard
    Last Military Serial:1355 USCG
    Construction Number:62-024
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky HH-52A sn 1355 USCG cn 62-...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HH-52A.

    16 January 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 1355.

    16 January 1963

    Transferred to CGAS Salem, MA.

    2 April 1963

    Transferred to CGAS Clearwater, FL.

    31 August 1964

    Transferred to Aircraft Repair and Supply Center (ARSC) Elizabeth City, NC.
    Sent to Elizabeth City for overhaul.

    9 April 1965

    Transferred to CGAS Los Angles, CA.

    15 February 1967

    Transferred to ARSC Elizabeth City, NC.
    Sent to Elizabeth City for overhaul.

    13 June 1967

    Transferred to CGAS Los Angeles, CA.

    11 December 1969

    Transferred to ARSC Elizabeth City, NC.
    Sent to Elizabeth City for overhaul.

    20 April 1970

    Transferred to CGAS Detroit, MI.

    28 March 1973

    Transferred to ARSC Elizabeth City, NC.
    Sent to Elizabeth City for overhaul.

    28 July 1973

    Transferred to CGAS Chicago, IL.

    2 March 1976

    Transferred to ARSC Elizabeth City, NC.
    Sent to Elizabeth City for overhaul.

    11 June 1976

    Transferred to CGAS San Francisco, CA.

    16 April 1979

    Transferred to ARSC Elizabeth City, NC.
    Sent to Elizabeth City for overhaul.

    17 August 1979

    Transferred to CGAS Traverse City, MI.

    6 April 1981

    Transferred to CGAS Detroit, MI.

    17 February 1983

    Transferred to ARSC Elizabeth City, NC.
    Sent to Elizabeth City for overhaul.

    24 June 1983

    Transferred to CGAS Barbers Point, HI.

    After April 1987

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    1987

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 1355, Mobile
    Refurbished by members of CGAS Mobile and marked as a Mobile CGAS aircraft.

    July 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Located in the original building

    27 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Pensacola Naval Museum

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: In the new hangar building

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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