Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
US Navy's SH-3 Sea King in 1982.
Role	Helicopter
National origin	USA
Manufacturer	Sikorsky.
First flight	March 11th, 1959.
Status	Active
Primary user	US Navy
Unit cost	6.4 millions $.

The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King is an American helicopter built by Sikorsky. It was used by the U.S. Navy between 1961 and 2006 for finding and destroying submarines, search and rescue, and utility. It produced under licence in Italy, Japan, and United Kingdom for military users. Civil helicopters are known as Sikorsky S-61.

Design

Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King is a twin-engines helicopter, with a five-blade rotor. It is made of metal. It can carry torpedos or naval missiles like American Harpoon or French Exocet. It can carry up to 15 passengers or injured on board. The cockpit is for two people, pilot and co-pilot.

Military users

Sea King is (or was) used in 2013 by : Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and USA. Countries that used British versions of Sea King are not included, see at Westland Sea King.

• Jackson, Robert, Helicopters: Military, Civilian, and Rescue Rotorcraft (The Aviation Factfile). London: Grange Books Ltd, 2005. ISBN: 1-84013-812-2.
• Gaillard, Pierre, Avions et hélicoptères militaires d'aujourd'hui Paris, France : Larivière éditions, 1999. ISBN: 2-907051-24-5.
• Biass, Eric H. World Helicopter Systems. Geneva, Switzerland : Interavia Data, 1985.

Images for kids

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  XHSS-2 Sea King prototype

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  SH-3As of HS-6 above Kearsarge in the early 1960s

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  SH-3A landing on the sea in 1964

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  SH-3H deploying a dipping sonar, 1989

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  Several UH-3H Sea Kings taking flight to fight the Cedar Fire in San Diego, California, in 2003

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  U.S. Marine Corps VH-3 Sea King, operating as Marine One, landing on the south lawn of the White House

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  A SH-3D Sea King helps recover Apollo 17. Ticonderoga is in the background

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  HH-3A on Bon Homme Richard

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  Army One, a VH-3A "Sea King" that served in the Presidential fleet from 1961 to 1976, on permanent display at the Nixon Library

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  SH-3G in 1981

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  Canadian Sikorsky CH-124A Sea King

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  Westland Sea King AEW.2A of the Royal Navy in 1998

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  A Brazilian Sea King

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  An Iranian Navy Sea King in 2012

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  A Sikorsky S-61 of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force

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  LASD's Rescue 5, flies offshore near Rancho Palos Verdes.

See also

In Spanish: Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King para niños