JORGE A. DIETSCH MEMORIAL COLLECTION
No. 9400. Sikorsky S-61B UH-3H Sea King (N950DG c/n 61141)
Photographed at NAS Miramar, San Diego, California, USA, October 5, 2008, by Jorge Dietsch

Sikorsky S-61B UH-3H Sea King

10/31/2009. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "One of 225 aircraft produced for the USN as a HSS-2 Sea King, BuNo 149724. The type was powered by two 1,250 shp General Electric T58-GE-8 turboshafts, and was used for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions; in 1962 redesignated SH-3A.

It was converted to an SH-3G utility helicopter with the ASW-gear removed and the floor strengthened. Circa 1980 it was further converted to SH-3H with new ASW and missile defense equipment: MAD (magnetic anomaly detection), ESM (Electronic Support Measures), dipping sonar, sonobuoys, radar.

Eventually it was converted to the UH-3H utility version and last served with USN Squadron 'Fleet Angels' HC-2 Detachment 1 in Italy, before it was struck off charge on November 7, 2005. It came on the civil registry on January 16, 2008, and is operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department."


Created October 31, 2009