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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16E Albatross
    Last Military Serial:7236 USCG
    Construction Number:G-322
    Compressed ID:Grumman HU-16E sn 7236 USCG cn G-32...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SA-16A.

    1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-7236.

    1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 7236 as a UF-1G.

    1953

    Transferred to Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, MI.

    Circa 1957

    Converted to an UF-2G.

    6 July 1962

    Redesignated as HU-16E.

    10 November 1975

    First aircraft on the scene of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald looking for survivors.

    October 1977

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    1 November 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: United States Coast Guard HU-16E Albatross on display at the Pensacola Naval Aviation Museum in November 1979.

    15 October 1982


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1982 photo at National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL of Grumman HU-16E Albatross

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    9 November 2007


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Blue Angels Homecoming, NAS Pensacola FL

    9 November 2007


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Blue Angels Homecoming, NAS Pensacola FL

    19 April 2010


    Photographer: Matt Maranto

    27 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2011 photo at NAS Pensacola

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    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 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    WikiMapia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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