
Established September 7, 1989, tail code HR, HSL-48 deploy SH-60B Seahawks on LAMPS III capable US Atlantic Fleet ships.
On May 2014, redesignated HSM-48
On May 2014, redesignated HSM-48
News about HSL-48 |

US Navy HSL-48 Shifts To HSM
07-May-14 - US Navy Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light HSL-48 transitioned to the MH-60R variant of the Seahawk and re-designated as Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM). Vipers flew with the SH-60B since its creation in 1989
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HSL-48 List of helicopters |
| C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |||
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| 70-389 | sh-60b | 162099 : US Navy; embarked aboard USS Gettysburg CG-64. HSL-48./HR-512 | |||||
| 70-390 | sh-60b | 162100 : 2010 HSL-48 | |||||
| 70-398 w/o 1998 | sh-60b | 162108 : USN; HSL-48 w/o 08aug98 | |||||
| 70-441 | sh-60b | 162335 : US Navy; 1988 HSL-48./HP-446; 1996 HSL-48./HR-506 | |||||
| 70-473 w/o 2005 | sh-60b | 162986 : US Navy; 1989 HSL-46./HQ-462; 1996 HSL-48./HR-511 : USN; HSL-48 USS De Wert (FFG-45) w/o 13dec05 crashed off west coast of Co+ | |||||
| 70-491 | sh-60b | 163233 HR-504 : noted based, at NAS Norfolk | |||||
| 70-492 | sh-60b | 163234 : US Navy; 1996 HSL-48./HR-513 | |||||
| 70-493 | sh-60b | 163235 : USN; HSL-48./HR-503 embarked USS Simpson (FFG-56) STANAVFORMED HR-503 : noted based, at NAS Norfolk : USN; 2010 HSL-48 | |||||
| 70-611 | sh-60b | 163248 : US Navy in 1995 HSL-48/HR-502 : HSL-48./HR-502 embarked USS Simpson (FFG-56) STANAVFORMED : HSL-48 by Aug 1999. Embarked on USS Stephen W. Groves during STANAVFORLAN+ | |||||
| 70-617 | sh-60b | 163595 : US Navy; HSL-48./HR-503 Flypast Portsmouth harbour : Noted asgd to HSL-48, HR-503, abd USS San Jacinto (CG-56) docked at RNAS L+ : US Navy in 1995 HSL-48/HR-503 : pictured (pic1) 163595 coded 503 of HSL-48 visiting AUTEC, Andros Island | |||||
| sh-60b | 163905 : US Navy; 1991 HSL-48./HR-510 | ||||||
| sh-60b | 164175 : HSL-48 | ||||||
| 70-1796 | sh-60b | 164465 : US Navy; 1998 HSL-48./HR-500; Mar07 HSL-48./HR-502 | |||||
| 70-1931 | sh-60b | 164848 HR-515 : noted based, at NAS Norfolk : USN; 2010 HSL-48 | |||||
| 70-1941 | sh-60b | 164858 : US Navy in 1996 deployed aboard USS John Rodgers DD-983. /HR-514 HSL-48 : 17 May 1999 visited NAS Norfolk VA, as HSL-48 / HR-514 | |||||
| mh-60r | 168089 HR-500 : pictured as CAG aircraft | ||||||
Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light 48 Operations |
| Dates | Operation | |
|---|---|---|
| 1994-jun-05 | 1994-jun-05 | |
| 1994-jun | 1994-jun | BALTOPS 94 |
