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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-58 / H-34 / HSS / Wessex
    Latest Model:UH-34D Seahorse
    Last Military Serial:150553 USN
    Construction Number:58-1680
    Last Civil Registration:N857BA
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky UH-34D sn 150553 USN cn 58...
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HUS-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 150553.

    1962

    Redesignated as UH-34D.

    12 March 1971

    Assigned to Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ for storage.

    1973

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 3H0229.

    7 April 1986

    To Bobs Airpark, Tucson, AZ with new c/r N857BA.

    December 2002

    Placed on display with USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, CA.
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    By 19 September 2011

    Markings Applied: YZ6, MARINES

    19 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    10 December 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: This photo was taken at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.

    6 March 2017

    Civil registration, N857BA, cancelled.

    29 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: On board USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, CA, USA.

    29 September 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
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