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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:SH-3D Sea King
    Last Military Serial:N-3017 AvN
    Construction Number:61-348
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky SH-3D sn N-3017 AvN cn 61-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aviacao Naval Brasileira

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SH-3D.

    1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 152693.

    1967

    Transferred to NAS Patuxent River, MD.

    By July 1983

    Transferred to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 74 (HS-74), NAS South Weymouth, MA.
    Operated with markings: NW-44

    By 1985

    Transferred to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 75 (HS-75), NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: NW-613

    By 1987

    Transferred to Search and Rescue, NAS Patuxent River, MD.
    Operated with markings: 73

    By May 1988

    Transferred to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 75 (HS-75), NAS Willow Grove, PA.
    Operated with markings: NW-613

    21 May 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the NAS Glenview, IL open house

    20 June 1991

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 9H0021.

    13 May 1996

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Aviacao Naval Brasileira with s/n N-3017.
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