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Constructed as a HUS-1. |
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Circa 1961 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 149385. |
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6 July 1962 |
Redesignated as UH-34D. |
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By November 1964 |
Transferred to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261), MCAS New River, NC. |
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15 November 1964 |
Deployed aboard USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7). |
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From 1965 to 1966 |
Deployed to South Vietnam operating from three stations and USS Valley Forge. |
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Circa 1971 |
Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC). |
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1973 |
To Petroski with new c/r N49768. |
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10 February 1975 |
To California Helicopters with new c/r N63CH. |
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From February 1975 to 1975 |
Converted to a S-58T. |
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March 1975 |
To Helitrans PNG (Pty) Ltd, Papua-New Guinea with new c/r P2-PDY. |
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From 1977 to November 1984 |
To United Technologies Corp with new c/r N63CH. |
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Converted to a S-58DT. |
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From February 1980 to November 1984 |
To Loaned to Lider Taxi Aero, Brazil with new c/r PT-HJQ. |
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9 November 1984 |
To California Helicopter Parts, Inc with new c/r N58CH. |
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August 1987 |
To B (and) G Helicopters, Grand Rapids, MI with new c/r N581BG (S-58DT, 581487). |
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30 November 1988 |
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18 May 1989 |
To Air One Helicopters Inc, San Jose, CA keeping c/r N581BG. |
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21 February 1994 |
Crashed. |
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23 July 1994 |
Civil registration, N581BG, cancelled. |
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