Sikorsky HSS-1N / SH-34J Seabat

C/N 58-997





Helicopter Sikorsky HSS-1N / SH-34J Seabat Serial 58-997 Register 145694 used by US Navy USN. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





145694

usa US Navy

1962-10Sikorsky HSS-1N, cn 58-997, ff:?
del USN as HSS-1N, 145694, unk
redesig SH-34J, Oct62
wfu & stor MASDC as HD0154, 16nov70
to US civil register as N46920
to Delaware Valley Historic Aviation Assn.
145694 history

“ 145694 was delivered from the Sikorsky factory, as a SH-34J, in October 1958.
It saw service with Helicopter Squadrons HS-4, HS-6, and HU-1,
before being stripped of its ASW gear and being redesignated as a UH-34J.
#145694 was then assigned to NAS New York in 1963 and was flown by reservists from several units there.
#145694 later became part of station Sea Air Rescue (SAR) flights
at NAS North Island, California, NAS Keflavik, Iceland, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC,
and finally NAS Oceana, Virginia, before being retired from service in April 1971.
UH-34J #145694 was donated to the Delaware Valley Historical Aircraft Association in April 1988
by Carson Helicopter Service of Perkasie, PA. ”





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