Description: A multi-purpose helicopter.
Features: The H-3 is a twin engine, all-weather helicopter. The SH-3H model is used by the Navy Reserves to detect, classify, track and destroy enemy submarines. It also provides logistical support and a search and rescue capability. The UH-3H model is utility configured for logistical support and search and rescue missions. The VH-3D model supports the Executive Transport Mission.
Background: The first version of this workhorse helicopter was flown more than 35 years ago. The Sea King has been replaced by the SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopters as the anti-submarine warfare helicopter. The transition was completed in the mid 1990s. The remaining Sea King helicopters have been configured for logistical support and search and rescue missions.
General Characteristics
Functions by assignment:
VH-3D (HC-2) - Executive Transport
UH-3H (HC-85/PMRF/VC-8) - Utility and Torpedo recovery
SH-3H (HS-75) - Carrier-based anti-submarine warfare
UH-3H (HC-2/Naval Air Stations) - Logistics/Search & Rescue
Contractor: Sikorsky Aircraft Division of United Technologies, Stratford Conn.
Unit Cost: $6.4 million
Propulsion: Two General Electric T58-GE-402 turboshaft engines
Length: 73 feet (21.9 meters)
Fuselage length: 54 feet, 9 inches (16.5 meters)
Height: 17 feet (5.1 meters)
Weight: 11, 865 lbs. (5,339 kg) empty
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 21,000 pounds (9,450 kg)
Range: 542 nautical miles (623.3 statute miles, 997 km)
Ceiling: 14,700 feet (4,410 meters)
Cruising Speed: 120 kts (138 miles per hour(217.6 km))
Crew: Four
Armament: Two Mk-46 torpedoes
Date Deployed: First flight, March 1959; Operational, June 1961
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