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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-62 / H-52 / HU2S
    Latest Model:HH-52A Seaguard
    Last Military Serial:1450 USCG
    Construction Number:62-133
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky HH-52A sn 1450 USCG cn 62-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HH-52A.

    30 June 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 1450.

    21 July 1968

    Transferred to CGAS San Diego.

    17 September 1969

    Transferred to ATC Mobile.

    1 December 1969

    Transferred to USS Glacier.

    1 May 1970

    Transferred to ATC Mobile.

    25 June 1970

    Transferred to USS Staten Island.

    18 September 1970

    Transferred to ATC Mobile.

    24 November 1970

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

    20 March 1971

    Transferred to ATC Mobile.

    22 May 1974

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

    9 June 1974

    Transferred to ATC Mobile.

    6 April 1977

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

    11 August 1977

    Transferred to CGAS San Francisco.

    5 September 1980

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

    7 January 1981

    Transferred to ATC Mobile.

    March 1986

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    On loan from National Naval Aviation Museum.
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    By 1991

    Markings Applied: 1450, COAST GUARD, HOUSTON

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At the Pima Museum, Arizona.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Pima Air and Space Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Johnny Comstedt
    Mike Henniger
    Sid Nanson
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