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File:Sikorsky SH-3A Sea King during trials aboard USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39), in 1961 (USN 1054600).jpg

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English: Original caption: "Mission Bound, the U.S. Navy’s twin-turbine Sikorsky HSS-2 Helicopter, the world’s most advanced helicopter weapon system, lifts from the deck of USS Lake Champlain (CV 39), during recent carrier suitability trials. The HSS-2 is a submarine hunter-killer. It is now known as a Seadragon. Four operational Navy helicopters have been assigned popular names by the Chief of the Bureau of Naval Weapons. The HUS-1 has been assigned the name: Seahorse; the HSS-1 will be known as Seabat; the HSS-2 will be called Seadragon; and the HRB-1 will be Sea Knight. Photograph released October 25, 1961."
Date 1961
date QS:P571,+1961-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q2790860
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USN 1054600
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