Detailed history and photos of helicopter Sikorsky HSS-1N / SH-34J Seabat Serial 58-997 Register 145694 used by US Navy USN Track service timeline and current status.
“ 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. ”
1962-10
Sikorsky 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.
