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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-62 / H-52 / HU2S
    Latest Model:HH-52A Seaguard
    Last Military Serial:1378 USCG
    Construction Number:62-056
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky HH-52A sn 1378 USCG cn 62-...
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HH-52A.

    Circa 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 1378.

    1 February 1965

    Transferred to CGAS Brooklyn, NY.

    1 January 1966

    Loaned to Sikorsky, Stratford, CT.

    1 July 1967

    Transferred to CGAS Elizabeth City, NC.

    1 April 1969

    Transferred to Aircraft Repair and Supply Center (ARSC) Elizabeth City, NC.

    1 January 1970

    Transferred to CGAS Miami, FL.

    1 January 1972

    Transferred to ARSC Elizabeth City, NC.

    1 January 1976

    Transferred to CGAS Kodiak, AK.

    1 January 1979

    Transferred to CGAS Detroit, MI.

    24 June 1979


    Photographer: David Lednicer
    Notes: On display at the 1979 Selfridge AFB Open House. Later retired to the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama.

    By 1985

    Transferred to CGAS Savannah, GA.

    By October 1988

    Transferred to Aviation Training Center, CGAS Mobile, AL.
    Last unit assigned.

    By January 1990

    To USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL.
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    26 October 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    27 January 1996


    Photographer: Sid Nanson

    9 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    27 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Naval Aviation News by Naval Aviation
    Internet Sources
     Aviation Photo Company
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Sid Nanson
    Robert Nichols
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