The Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard (company designation S-62) was an early
amphibious helicopter
An amphibious helicopter is a helicopter that is intended to land on and take off from both land and water. Amphibious helicopters are used for a variety of specialized purposes including air-sea rescue, marine salvage and oceanography, in additio ...
designed and produced by the American helicopter manufacturer
Sikorsky Aircraft. It was the first of the company's amphibious rotorcraft to fly.
The S-62 was originally developed as a commercial venture during the late 1950s. It combined the dynamic elements of the
Sikorsky S-55
The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (company model number S-55) was a multi-purpose helicopter used by the United States Army and United States Air Force. It was also license-built by Westland Aircraft as the Westland Whirlwind in the United Kingdom ...
with a
boat hull-shaped
fuselage
The fuselage (; from the French ''fuselé'' "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft's main body section. It holds crew, passengers, or cargo. In single-engine aircraft, it will usually contain an engine as well, although in some amphibious aircraf ...
and a single lightweight
turboshaft
A turboshaft engine is a form of gas turbine that is optimized to produce shaftpower rather than jet thrust. In concept, turboshaft engines are very similar to turbojets, with additional turbine expansion to extract heat energy from the exhaust ...
engine. The prototype S-62 conducted its
maiden flight
The maiden flight, also known as first flight, of an aircraft is the first occasion on which it leaves the ground under its own power. The same term is also used for the first launch of rockets.
The maiden flight of a new aircraft type is alw ...
on 22 May 1958, powered by a single
General Electric T58-GE-6 turboshaft engine. It underwent evaluation at the
Naval Air Test Center in
Patuxent River
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,
Maryland
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, at Sikorsky's own expense as part of its effort to promote the S-62 to the
United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mu ...
(USCG).
The USCG would procure 99 S-62s, which it initially designated as the ''HU2S-1G Seaguard'', and later re-designated as the ''HH-52A Seaguard''. It was primarily operated by the USCG for
air-sea rescue
Air-sea rescue (ASR or A/SR, also known as sea-air rescue), and aeronautical and maritime search and rescue (AMSAR) by the ICAO and IMO, is the coordinated search and rescue (SAR) of the survivors of emergency water landings as well as people ...
missions. Various other operators opted to procure the S-62 for their own purposes, from
airliners to utility transporters, and foreign air services. It was widely used into the 1980s, by which point many operators elected to replace the type with newer rotorcraft. The HH-52 was withdrawn from USCG service during 1989 in favour of non-amphibious rotorcraft, such as the
Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin
The Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin is a twin-engined helicopter operated by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) for medevac-capable search and rescue (SAR) and armed Airborne Use of Force missions. It is a variant of the French-built Eurocopter AS3 ...
, which rely solely on the use of a winch from a low hover to conduct rescue operations.
Development
Development of the S-62 was launched by Sikorsky during the late 1950s, the initiative was initially pursued as an independent commercial venture.
In concept, the project combined the dynamic elements of the earlier
Sikorsky S-55
The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (company model number S-55) was a multi-purpose helicopter used by the United States Army and United States Air Force. It was also license-built by Westland Aircraft as the Westland Whirlwind in the United Kingdom ...
with a
boat hull-shaped
fuselage
The fuselage (; from the French ''fuselé'' "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft's main body section. It holds crew, passengers, or cargo. In single-engine aircraft, it will usually contain an engine as well, although in some amphibious aircraf ...
and a single lightweight
turboshaft
A turboshaft engine is a form of gas turbine that is optimized to produce shaftpower rather than jet thrust. In concept, turboshaft engines are very similar to turbojets, with additional turbine expansion to extract heat energy from the exhaust ...
engine.
This was a relatively ambitious design for the era, being the first of Sikorsky's
amphibious helicopter
An amphibious helicopter is a helicopter that is intended to land on and take off from both land and water. Amphibious helicopters are used for a variety of specialized purposes including air-sea rescue, marine salvage and oceanography, in additio ...
s.
![S62 proto LBG 6-1959](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/S62_proto_LBG_6-1959.jpg)
On 22 May 1958, the prototype S-62 performed its
maiden flight
The maiden flight, also known as first flight, of an aircraft is the first occasion on which it leaves the ground under its own power. The same term is also used for the first launch of rockets.
The maiden flight of a new aircraft type is alw ...
; in doing so, it had beat its larger
Sikorsky S-61
The Sikorsky S-61L and S-61N are civil variants of the SH-3 Sea King military helicopter. It was developed and produced by the American helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft.
The commercial version of the Sea King was developed during the ...
sibling into flight by almost a year.
[McGowen 2005, pp. 84, 118.] This prototype was powered by a single
General Electric T58-GE-6 turboshaft that had been derated from 1,050 hp to 670 hp, powering an identical main and tail rotor to that of the S-55.
At Sikorsky's own expense, it funded a "fly before you buy" test programme at the
Naval Air Test Center in
Patuxent River
The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland. There are three main river drainages for central Maryland: the Potomac River to the west passing through Washington, D.C., the Patapsco River to the northeast ...
,
Maryland
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; the company actively promoted the type to the
United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mu ...
(USCG) in particular.
The results of this test programme was largely positive, confirming Sikorsky's performance claims and its suitability for the service. Accordingly, on 21 June 1962, Sikorsky was issued an initial production contract for the type.
On 9 January 1963, the first of 99 production helicopters was delivered to the USCG. On 17 January 1969, the final example would be delivered by the company.
Design
Perhaps the most prominent feature of the S-62 is its
boat hull fuselage, which was more compact but otherwise similar to the preceding
Sikorsky S-61
The Sikorsky S-61L and S-61N are civil variants of the SH-3 Sea King military helicopter. It was developed and produced by the American helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft.
The commercial version of the Sea King was developed during the ...
(adopted by the
US Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
as the SH-3 Sea King). This fuselage is watertight, facilitating landings on water or snow alike, and furnished with two outrigger
floats that help the rotorcraft resist both pitching and rolling motions while on the water's surface. These outrigger floats also accomidated the
landing gear
Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is used for takeoff or landing. For aircraft it is generally needed for both. It was also formerly called ''alighting gear'' by some manufacturers, such as the Glenn L. Martin ...
, which was retractable.
To maintain its position while on the water, it was able to deploy an
anchor
An anchor is a device, normally made of metal , used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ''ancora'', which itself comes from the Greek ἄ ...
.
Although the S-62 bore little visual resemblance to the
Sikorsky S-55
The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (company model number S-55) was a multi-purpose helicopter used by the United States Army and United States Air Force. It was also license-built by Westland Aircraft as the Westland Whirlwind in the United Kingdom ...
, it used many of the same components.
[McGowen 2005, p. 84.] It was powered by a single
General Electric T58-GE-8B turboshaft
A turboshaft engine is a form of gas turbine that is optimized to produce shaftpower rather than jet thrust. In concept, turboshaft engines are very similar to turbojets, with additional turbine expansion to extract heat energy from the exhaust ...
engine, capable to generating up to ; it was a derated version of the T58-GE-10 powerplant used on the larger twin-engined SH-3. The S-62 had sufficient power to carry up to 12 passengers, or six litters, along with a crew of three.
Operational History
One prominent early use of the S-62 was with the operator
San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines
San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines (also known as SFO Helicopter Airlines and SFO Helicopter) was a helicopter airline service offering scheduled passenger flights between San Francisco, Oakland, and other Bay Area cities. It was foun ...
, one of the first helicopter airlines to operate without a federal
subsidy, and the first to operate exclusively using
turbine engine
A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of continuous flow internal combustion engine. The main parts common to all gas turbine engines form the power-producing part (known as the gas generator or core) and are, in the directi ...
helicopters; the airline commenced passenger flights using a pair of two leased S-62s in June 1961, each of which being configured to carry up to ten passengers. On 21 December of that year, rival operator
Los Angeles Airways
Los Angeles Airways (LAA) was a helicopter airline founded in October 1947 and based in Westchester, Los Angeles, Westchester, California, which offered service to area airports throughout Southern California.
History
Los Angeles Airways comme ...
performed the first scheduled service using an American turbine-powered helicopter via a leased S-62. By June 1962, three S-62s were reportedly in operation for specialised transportation purposes, such as servicing offshore
oil rig
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* Drillship, a floating apparatus for offshore oil drilling ...
s in the
Gulf of Mexico
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, with
Petroleum Helicopters
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. Other early civil operators included
Okanagan Helicopters
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CHC Helicopter maintains it global headquarters in Irving, Texas and operates more than 250 aircraft in 30 countries around the world. CHC's major international operating units are b ...
, which used its S-62s to supply remote
radar
Radar is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine the distance ('' ranging''), angle, and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, we ...
installations, and the
Canadian Department of Transport
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, which had the type fly resupply missions to its
lighthouses.
![Sikorsky S-62 prototype in flight c1962](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Sikorsky_S-62_prototype_in_flight_c1962.jpg)
A large fleet of 99 S-62s were purchased by the
US Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
's Bureau of Aeronautics on behalf of the USCG, whom operated the type primarily for
search and rescue missions. It was initially designated ''HU2S-1G Seaguard'', but was re-designated as the ''HH-52A Seaguard'' during 1962. The HH-52 was commonly dispatched aboard the USCG's larger
cutters and
icebreaker
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s. The turbine-powered helicopter could carry greater payloads and fly faster than many preceding aircraft, such as the H-19 (S-55). Being designed to be amphibious, the installation of additional flotation gear was not required for over-water flights, and rescues could be conducted by simply landing on the water. Water pickups were considered to be quicker than hoisting survivors up to the helicopter.
Across its services life, the HH-52 fleet played an active role during various emergencies and other circumstances.
During the aftermath of
Hurricane Betsey in 1965, the type rescued 1,200 people. The HH-52 was periodically used to provide logistical support in
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...
.
One HH-52 was present for the foundering of the oil tanker
Burmah Agate on 1 November 1979, facilitating in the rescue of personnel from the affected vessels.
The HH-52 fleet was active for a total of 26 years, during which it reportedly was responsible for saving in excess of 15,000 people from various forms of life-threatening situations.
Having been eclipsed by newer rotorcraft, the final flight of a HH-52 took placed on 12 September 1989, after which the type was officially withdrawn from USCG service.
It was primarily replaced by the
Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin
The Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin is a twin-engined helicopter operated by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) for medevac-capable search and rescue (SAR) and armed Airborne Use of Force missions. It is a variant of the French-built Eurocopter AS3 ...
, a conventional non-amphibious helicopter.
[McGowen 2005, p. 155.]
Variants
![HH-52A PortAngelesWA NAN6-79](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/HH-52A_PortAngelesWA_NAN6-79.jpg)
;S-62
: Prototype. First flew on 22 May 1958.
;S-62A
: Amphibious transport helicopter, powered by a General Electric CT58-110-1 turboshaft engine, with accommodation for up to 11 passengers. The S-62A was the first production version.
;S-62B
: One S-62 was fitted with the main rotor system of the
Sikorsky S-58.
;S-62C
: Company designation of the HH-52A Seaguard.
;S-62J
: Produced under license in Japan by
Mitsubishi.
;HU2S-1G
: Original designation of the HH-52A Seaguard. Redesignated HH-52A in 1962.
;HH-52A Seaguard
: Search and rescue helicopter for the
United States Coast Guard
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; 99 built including 1 transferred to Iceland.
Operators
Military
![S-62](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/S%EF%BC%8D62.jpg)
;
*
Japan Air Self Defense Force
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*
Japan Maritime Self Defense Force
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;
*
Philippine Air Force
Civilian
;
*
Icelandic Coast Guard
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;
*
Japan Coast Guard
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The Japan Coast Guard consists of about 13,700 personnel and is responsible for the protection of the coastline of Japan under the oversight of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Th ...
;
*
Gulf Helicopters
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;
*
Royal Thai Police
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;
*
United States Coast Guard
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*
SFO Helicopter Airlines
Surviving aircraft
Japan
* 53-4774 - S-62J on static display at Hamamatsu Air Park, Hamamatsu AB,
Shizuoka
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* Shizuoka Airport
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...
.
United States
* USCG 1355 – HH-52A on static display at the
National Naval Aviation Museum
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Founded in 1962 and moved to its cur ...
at
Naval Air Station Pensacola
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in
Pensacola, Florida.
* USCG 1357 – At
Dillingham Airfield
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in
Mokulēia, Hawaii
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.
* USCG 1370 – HH-52A on static display at Freedom Park in
Omaha, Nebraska
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.
* USCG 1375 – HH-52A in storage at
Yanks Air Museum
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in
Chino, California
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.
* USCG 1378 – HH-52A on static display at the
Battleship Memorial Park
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in
Mobile, Alabama.
* USCG 1383 – HH-52A on static display at the
American Helicopter Museum & Education Center in
West Chester, Pennsylvania.
* USCG 1384 – On static display at
CGAS Elizabeth City in
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
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.
* USCG 1389 – At
Delgado Community College
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in
.
* USCG 1394 – HH-52A on display at the
Mid-Atlantic Air Museum
The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum (MAAM) is an aviation museum and aircraft restoration facility located at Reading Regional Airport in Reading, Pennsylvania. The museum, founded by Russ Strine, the current President, collects and actively restores ...
in
Reading, Pennsylvania.
* USCG 1395 – HH-52A on static display at the
Classic Rotors Museum
Classic Rotors is a flying aviation museum specializing in helicopters and other rotorcraft, located at the Ramona Airport in Ramona, California, United States.
History
The museum was founded in 1992 by Mark DiCiero, after he built and learned t ...
in
Ramona, California
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The name ''Ramona'' also refers to an unincorporated community (with some plans to incorporate) that includes both the ...
.
* USCG 1398 – HH-52A in storage at CGAS Elizabeth City in
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
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. It was previously located at
Black River Technical College
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in
Pocahontas, Arkansas
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Pocahontas has a number of hist ...
.
* USCG 1397 – At
Amarillo College
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As defined by the ...
in
Amarillo, Texas
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.
* USCG 1415 – HH-52A on static display at the
Museum of Flight
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in
Seattle, Washington
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.
* USCG 1416 – HH-52A at
Broward College
Broward College is a public college in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is part of the Florida College System. It was established in 1959 as part of a move to broaden Florida's two-year colleges. In 2008 it adopted its current name, reflecting that ...
in
Pembroke Pines, Florida.
* USCG 1423 – HH-52A cockpit section only on static display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida.
* USCG 1426 – HH-52A on static display at the
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, also called the Udvar-Hazy Center, is the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM)'s annex at Washington Dulles International Airport in the Chantilly area of Fairfax County, Virginia. It holds numerous ...
of the
National Air and Space Museum in
Chantilly, Virginia
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. It was restored by the Coast Guard Aviation Association and went on display on 14 April 2016.
* USCG 1428 – HH-52A on static display at the
New England Air Museum
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in
Windsor Locks, Connecticut
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.
* USCG 1429 – HH-52A on static display at the
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
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in
New York, New York.
* USCG 1450 – HH-52A on static display at the
Pima Air & Space Museum
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in
Tucson, Arizona
, "(at the) base of the black ill
, nicknames = "The Old Pueblo", "Optics Valley", "America's biggest small town"
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* USCG 1455 – HH-52A on static display at the
Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey
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in
Teterboro, New Jersey
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. It was previously on display at the
Museum of Science and Industry.
* USCG 1462 – HH-52A on static display at the
Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum in
Erma, New Jersey
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.
* USCG 1466 – HH-52A on static display at the
Selfridge Military Air Museum
The Selfridge Military Air Museum is an aviation museum located at Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Mount Clemens, Michigan.
History
The museum was founded in 1975 by Colonel Robert A. Stone. The museum was moved slightly in 2000 to acco ...
at
Selfridge Air National Guard Base
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in
Mount Clemens, Michigan
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.
Philippines
![VillamorMuseumjf0803 44](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/VillamorMuseumjf0803_44.JPG)
* 62018 – On static display at the Philippine Air Force Museum in
Pasay, Manila.
South Africa
* 62-062 – S-62A on static display in
Strand, Western Cape
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. It has been painted to resemble SH-3 bureau number 150142.
Thailand
* On static display at the Thai Police Aviation Division operations base in Bangkok, Thailand.
Specifications (HH-52A)
See also
References
Citations
Bibliography
* Endres, Günter G. ''World Airline Fleets 1979''. Hounslow, UK: Airline Publications and Sales Ltd., 1979. .
* Leyes, Richard A. and William A. Fleming. ''The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines''. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2007. .
* McGowen, Stanley S. ''Helicopters: An Illustrated History of Their Impact''. ABC-CLIO, 2005. .
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Taylor, John W. R. ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969–70''. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1969.
External links
The Last Flying Lifeboat on MAAM.orgNaval Air Station Glenview MuseumUS Naval Air Station Wildwood MuseumHELIS.com Sikorsky S-62/HH-52 Database
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