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Aircraft:
Kaman SH-2B Seasprite
- Reg: 152202 photos
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Serial #:
186
- Airline: United States - US Navy (USN)
- Photo Date: Jun 14, 1970
- Uploaded: Apr 15, 2016
- Other Location - Garden Island Dockyard, Sydney NSW, Australia
Rear Stbd close-cropped view US of Navy Kaman SH-2B / UH-2C Seasprite 152202 Cn 186 Code NL-006. A Kaman SH-2B Seasprite Helicopter, operated by HC-1, aboard the Vietnam War era Aircraft Carrier USS CORAL SEA (CVA-43, San Francisco's Own), during her 1970 visit to Garden Island Dockyard in Sydney on 14Jun1970. 152202 was later converted to an SH-2F and was written off on 11Dec1982. The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) purchased 11 ex-USN Seasprite airframes and had them upgraded to SH-2G(A) Super Seasprite standard. However, the project was Cancelled in March 2008 and the aircraft were returned to Kaman. They were later upgraded to SH-2G(I) Standard for New Zealand RNZN (Ref: ADF-Serials.)
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Rear Stbd close-cropped view US of Navy Kaman SH-2B / UH-2C Seasprite 152202 Cn 186 Code NL-006. A Kaman SH-2B Seasprite Helicopter, operated by HC-1, aboard the Vietnam War era Aircraft Carrier USS CORAL SEA (CVA-43, San Francisco's Own), during her 1970 visit to Garden Island Dockyard in Sydney on 14Jun1970. 152202 was later converted to an SH-2F and was written off on 11Dec1982. The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) purchased 11 ex-USN Seasprite airframes and had them upgraded to SH-2G(A) Super Seasprite standard. However, the project was Cancelled in March 2008 and the aircraft were returned to Kaman. They were later upgraded to SH-2G(I) Standard for New Zealand RNZN (Ref: ADF-Serials.)Camera
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Aircraft
- Reg: 152202 photos
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Aircraft:
Kaman SH-2B Seasprite
- Airline: United States - US Navy (USN)
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Serial #:
186
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Photo Location
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Other Location - Garden Island Dockyard, Sydney NSW
- Australia