File:SH-3D Sea King HS-4 hoisting man c1968.jpg
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| Description | A U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King helicopter (BuNo 152711) of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron HS-4 Black Knights hoisting a man from a ship. HS-4 was assigned to Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 55 (CVSG-55) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CVS-10) for a deployment to Vietnam from 28 December 1967 to 05 July 1968. After this deployment, HS-4 was used to recover the space capsuled of the NASA "Apollo" moon missions. The recovery helicopter was the Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King helicopter no. "66" (BuNo 152711). From late 1968 through the spring of 1970, the Black Knights of HS-4 participated in and pioneered techniques for the Apollo capsule recoveries. HS-4 was on scene for Apollo missions 8, 10, 11, 12, and 13. The helicopter's flight number was changed from "66" to "740", as after the Apollo 11 recovery the U.S. Navy had switched to a three number squadron designator - but the helicopter was repainted with the number "66" for each recovery thereafter for public relations reasons. The Sea King BuNo. 152711 could not be preserved, as it crashed on 4 June 1975 on a training flight out Imperial Beach (California, USA). Although the crew was rescued the pilot died later of his injuries. The wreck sank to a depth of ca. 700 m. Note that in this photo, "No. 66" is still painted grey, in contrast to the later white/light grey paint scheme. |
| Date | circa 1968 |
| Source | U.S. Navy photo [1] from USS Caliente (AO-53) 1969 cruise book available at Navysite.de |
| Author | USN |
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