Aircraft History |
149761 | |||
US Navy | |||
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1967-01-06 | Kaman K-20 Seasprite, c/n 63, ff? del USN as UH2K-1, 149761 unk redesig UH-2A in 1962 xfer HU-1, UP-26, unk asgd Vict 1964 xfr HC-1 /YY-xx, unk asgd USS unk, (DLG-21) unk helo badly damage by enemy gunfire, 1 fatality, 06Jan67 HC-1, asgd USS Worden (DLG-18), unk suffered combat damage from small arms fire, 18Jul67 redsig SH-2F unk xfer HSL-33, TF-18, unk recoded HSL-33, TF-15, unk wfu & xfer AMARC as 8H0014, 20Aug92. HC-1 | ||
UH-2A type asg HC-7 HC-7 | |||
28may/28oct 1966 UH-2A type and flown by LT LaRon Stoker USN aboard the USS Coontz (DLG-9/DDG-40) and then the USS King (DLG-10/DDG-41) performing CSAR duties in the Tonkin Gulf, off Vietnam. HC-7 | |||
1973 | A KNZY | Nov73-Mar75 flown Again as an SH-2F by Cdr Laron Stoker XO/CO HSL-33. Co-Pilots Miller, Torres, Swain, Ross, Chase, Alexander, Bickler, Stecher | |
1977 SH-2F type asg HSL-33 HSL-33 | |||
1979-06-04 | 04jun79 asg HSL-33 Det.3 aboard USS Stein (FF-1065) for work-ups prior to WESTPAC Deployment Disembarked to NAS North Island on completion of workups 14jun79. Conducted proficiency at North Island in prep for deployment 08aug79 embarked aboard USS Stein for WESTPAC. Conducted proficiency training enroute to Hawaiian Op Areas. Following a visit to Pearl Harbor departed via Midway Island to Atsugi Japan, arriving 01sep79 13sep79 Re-embarked and proceeded to Sea Of Okhotsk for operations until 20 Sep. thence onto the Phillipines 11oct79 Departed south via Sulu Sea and Makassar Strait to the Indian Ocean headed for Iran due to the Hostage Crisis Conducted port visits in Western Australia (Perth), Mogadishu and Berbera in Africa to conduct port evaluations 2/9 Jan80 conducted a visit to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean for evaluation of the lagoon there 02feb80 returned to the Philipines and turned our helo over to another detachment thus ending the deployment. |
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