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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-58 / H-34 / HSS / Wessex
    Latest Model:UH-34J Seabat
    Last Military Serial:143939 USN
    Construction Number:58-0709
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky UH-34J sn 143939 USN cn 58...
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Midway Museum, San Diego, California

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    Dates

    Event

    1958

    Constructed as a HSS-1.

    23 January 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 143939.

    Converted to a HSS-1N.

    1962

    Redesignated as SH-34J.

    Converted to an UH-34J.

    21 March 1971

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number HD0150.

    28 August 2000

    Spotted in a scrapyard near MASDC.

    Circa 2006

    To USS Midway Museum-Restoration Facility, North Island NAS, San Diego, CA.
    Restored with HSS-1N markings.
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    26 May 2006

    To USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA.
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    19 December 2006


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: USS Midway, San Diego, CA.

    27 February 2009


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    2 June 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed on the USS Midway on the Waterfront in San Diego, California.

    2 June 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed on the USS Midway on the Waterfront in San Diego, California.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Helis.com
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Marcin Rogowski
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