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    Airframe Family: Aerospatiale AS-360/SA-360 Dauphin / H-65 Dolphin / AS-565 Panther
    Latest Model:MH-65D Dolphin
    Last Military Serial:6559 USCG
    Construction Number:6241
    Compressed ID:Eurocopter MH-65D sn 6559 USCG cn 6...
    Latest Owner or Location:CGAS New Orleans, LA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HH-65A by Eurocopter.

    November 1985

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 6559.

    1986

    Transferred to Aviation Training Center, CGAS Mobile, AL.

    From By February 1987 to 1990

    Transferred to CGAS Miami, FL.

    From By 1991 to 1995

    Transferred to Aviation Training Center, CGAS Mobile, AL.

    From By April 1996 to After November 1998

    Transferred to GCAS Miami, FL.

    By September 1999

    Transferred to CGAS Mobile, AL.

    22 September 2000


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    From 2004 to 2006

    Transferred to CGAS Miami, FL.

    Circa 2006

    Converted to a HH-65C by Eurocopter.

    From 2007 to After May 2010

    Transferred to CGAS Atlantic City, NJ.

    By December 2009

    Converted to a HH-65C by Eurocopter.

    By 2012

    Transferred to CGAS Traverse City, MI.

    2013

    Converted to a MH-65D by Eurocopter.

    From By October 2013 to After October 2015

    Transferred to CGAS Houston, TX.

    By 2017

    Transferred to CGAS North Bend, OR.

    By June 2017

    Transferred to CGAS New Orleans, LA.
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    An preliminary review of the submitted data is pending.
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    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
    Internet Sources
     AB Pic
    Aero Flight
    Coast Guard Aviation Association
    Coast Guard Aviation Association
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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