page_title: Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard
section_title: Civilian
hierarchical_section_title: Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard / Operators / Civilian
caption_attribution_description: English: A U.S. Coast Guard Grumman HU-16E Albatross and a Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard in March 1964, probably at Air Station Mobile. The Coast Guard acquired 91 HU-16Es, with the first entering service in 1951. The last Coast Guard HU-16E was retired in 1983. The Coast Guard acquired 99 HH-52As, beginning in 1963, and retired the last one in service in 1989. For over 30 years, these amphibious aircraft were the "workhorses" of the Coast Guard's air fleet.
context_page_description: The Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard was a single turbine engine, three-blade rotor amphibious helicopter. Originally developed as a commercial venture by the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation of Stratford, Connecticut, it was used by the United States Coast Guard primarily for air-sea rescue. The HH-52 has been replaced by non-amphibious types such as the HH-65 Dolphin, which rely solely on the use of a winch from a low hover to conduct rescue operations.
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caption: A Coast Guard Grumman HU-16 Albatross and a Sikorsky HH-52A in March, 1964
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