page_title: Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King / Operators
caption_attribution_description: Español: SH 3D en Santander.
context_page_description: The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King is an American twin-engined anti-submarine warfare helicopter designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft. A landmark design, it was the world's first amphibious helicopter and one of the first ASW rotorcraft to use turboshaft engines.
  The Sea King has its origins in efforts by the United States Navy as a means of counteracting the growing threat of Soviet submarines during the 1950s. Accordingly, the helicopter was specifically developed to deliver a capable ASW platform; in particular, it combined the roles of hunter and killer, which had previously been carried out by two separate helicopters. The Sea King was initially designated HSS-2, which was intended to imply a level of commonality to the earlier HSS-1; it was subsequently re-designated as the SH-3A during the early 1960s.
  Introduced to service in 1961, it was operated by the United States Navy as a key ASW and utility asset for several decades prior to being replaced by the non-amphibious Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk in the 1990s. In late 1961 and early 1962, a modified U.S. Navy HSS-2 Sea King was used to break the FAI 3 km, 100 km, 500 km, and 1000 km helicopter speed records.
context_section_description:  Argentina
  Argentine Naval Aviation 
   Brazil
  Brazilian Navy
   India
  Indian Navy
   Iran
  Iranian Navy
   Malaysia
  Malaysian Army Aviation - ex-RMAF
   Peru
  Peruvian Navy
   Spain
  Spanish Navy
   United States
  United States Marine Corps
  HMX-1
   Venezuela
  Venezuelan Army
caption: A Spanish Navy SH-3H Sea King in 2009.
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