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SH-3A Sea King 152120 HS-6 ‘Indians’ Modex 502 Code NS of CVSG-53. (Carrier Anti-Submarine Warfare Air Group 53) Image dated 27 April 1971. Upended in the Pacific Ocean with emergency flotation bags deployed. Cannot find online info about the incident. www.gonavy.jp/navy/sqn/HSC06.html CVSG-53 Code NS & HS-6 Deployments aboard CVS-14 USS Ticonderoga closest to the date 27 April 1971. July 1970 – July 1970 SH-3A CVS-14 USS Ticonderoga with CVSG-53 Coded NS-50x - off the California coast Aug 1970 – Aug 1970 SH-3A CVS-14 USS Ticonderoga with CVSG-53 Coded NS-50x - off the California coast After that HS-6 it served with CVW-7 aboard CVA-62 USS Independence in the Mediterranean. Sept 1971-March 1972. Sparse online record of the aircraft here – it was recovered refurbished and sold on to Argentina: www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries19.html 152120 (MSN 61314) HS-6 "Indians"; code NS-305. (1969) SOC April 28, 1971. To Argentine Navy 2008 as 0881; code 2-H-240.

Aircraft are Grumman E-2B, Chance-Vought A-7D, Grumman A-6B, Grumman EA-6, Sikorsky SH-3D, Grumman C-1A, Chance-Vought A-7D

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