File:SH-3A of HS-2 lowers torpedo on USS Parsons (DDG-33) in April 1969.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3A Sea King (BuNo 149930) from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 2 (HS-2) "Golden Falcons" lowers a torpedo to the deck of the guided missile destroyer USS Parsons (DDG-33) in the Gulf of Tonkin on 13 April 1969. HS-2 was assigned to Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 57 (CVSG-57) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CVS-12) for a deployment to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 30 September 1968 to 12 May 1969.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo USN 1139307 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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