Boeing-Vertol UH-46A

C/N 2144

Built 1966





Helicopter Boeing-Vertol UH-46A Serial 2144 Register 152495 used by US Navy USN. Built 1966. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Boeing-Vertol UH-46A Serial 2144 Register 152495 used by US Navy USN. Built 1966. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History





152495

usa US Navy

1966-04-11
Boeing-Vertol UH-46D BV-107M, c/n 2144, ff?
del USN as UH-46A 152495, 11Apr66
xfer HC-3, Det 103 (USS Camden), SA-02, unk
participated in search for survivors from UH-46D 153410 crash, 26Mar70
conv UH-46D unk
xfer HC-11, Det 1, VR-52
stor AMARC as 1J0014,  22May03
SOC  08Jul03. HC-11
1967-11-27 27nov67 HC-7 Det 102 aboard USS Mars (AFS-1) - off loading ammo from grounded USS Clarke County (LST-601). Lost engine, ditched, crew rescued by whale boat and HC-7 Det 102 helo.
NOTE: [conflicting info] on 27Nov67, UH-46A 152495 was NOT recovered, at blade stop, blade cut fuselage, helo sunk. UDT divers tried to locate the next day, current swept them to sea, were resuced...
1996/1997 still in active service on USS Rainier (AOE-7) tiger Cruise. I believed at the time was HC-11 Det 2 run by AT1 Patricia Kelly... Later AVCM


The information about the loss of 152495 is wrong. At the time (27nov67) this helicopter was with HC-3. The crash relates to 152490. HC-3




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