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sikorsky s-58 H-34

in US Navy

Del'd: 385 - 1955 to 1970

History of this Model in this Organisation:

The S-58 was initially known as the HSS-1 Seabat in US Navy service. 3 XHSS-1 were ordered in Jun 1952, probably as a fall back, as the development of the principal competitor (the Bell Model 61 or HSL-1) was proceeding unsatisfactorily. 215 HSS-1s were produced and were known as the SH-34G after the US designation consolidation (or the UH-34G, once the ASW gear was removed). A further 167 HSS-1N (SH-34J/UH-34J) were later produced with poor weather and night operations capability. 10 USN airframes were later transfered to the USAF and converted to base rescue HH-34Ds.

Units with this Model in this Organisation:

Years	Units	bold : Current Base of the Unit
1957/63	HS-11 Dragonslayers	NAS Quonset Point



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Roles of this Model in this Organisation:

Roles

anti-submarine

military transport

Construction Numbers of this Model in this Organisation:	Help Us

C/N	Mod	Built	ID In this Organisation	In other Org

58-510		1956	144655: Struck from Navy inventory May 27, 1969, NARF Pensacola
58-545		1956	144657: Struck from Navy inventory 1969 NARF Pensacola and Sold to Stinson Field Aircraft in San Antonio TX	carson services inc N9468: Purchased from Stinson in April of 1974 by Carson Services Inc,Perkasie, PA. From Jeff Hill, Carson Helicopters: This was a purchase of eleven aircraft that were incomplete. We bought them for the transmissions and rotor heads, there were no engines or blades. These aircraft were never assembled as aircraft and have been scrapped
58-546		1956	144658: Crashed, McMurdo, Antarctica 23dec62
58-613		1956	144661: sold to civil market as PT-HFV	? PT-HFV: Written off Mar76 off Marana Island
58-614		1956	144662: used in antarctica
58-804		1956	145717: nickname Gentle 1 - transfered to Naval Air rework Facility Quonset Point, RI in 1970. Struck from the Navy inventory on 19oct73 and transfered to Bradly Air Museum, CT
58-806		1956	145719: crashed at Wright Dry Valley,Antarctica 11nov62
58-1240		1957	148112: Gentle 2
58-1263		1957	148119: gentle 119 : kept at NAS Quonset Point RI for summer training
58-1265		1957	148121: gentle 3 : Struck from Navy inventory 1969 NARF Pensacola and sold to Stinson Field Aircraft in San Antonio, TX	carson services inc N90937: Purchased from Stinson in April of 1974 by Carson Services Inc,Perkasie, PA. From Jeff Hill, Carson Helicopters: This was a purchase of eleven aircraft that were incomplete. We bought them for the transmissions and rotor heads, there were no engines or blades. These aircraft were never assembled as aircraft and have been scrapped
58-1273		1957	148122: gentle 4 : sold to Stinson Field Aircraft in San Antonio, TX	carson services inc N90938: Purchased from Stinson in April of 1974 by Carson Services Inc,Perkasie, PA. From Jeff Hill, Carson Helicopters: This was a purchase of eleven aircraft that were incomplete. We bought them for the transmissions and rotor heads, there were no engines or blades. These aircraft were never assembled as aircraft and have been scrapped
58-1560		1957	150220: gentle 5 : Crashed and declared a loss in 1964, recovered by Sailors from VX-6 and USS Stanen Island, repaired and returned to service. 150220: Crashed 19nov69 when the engine failed, LCDR Brandau auto rotated the H-34 down and it struck the side of a slope, slid down and caught fire. Two men were killed, Thomas E. Berg (USA) and Jeremy Sykes (NZ)

12 C/N found in this Organisation