File:SH-3A Sea King of HS-9 on USS Randolph (CVS-15) in 1966.jpg

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A U.S. Navy tractor in front of a Sikorsky SH-3A Sea King (BuNo 148995) from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 9 (HS-9) "Sea Griffins" aboard the aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CVS-15). HS-9 was assigned to Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 60 (CVSG-60) aboard the Randolph for a deployment to the Atlantic Ocean an North-Western Europe from May to September 1966.
In 1979, the Sea King 148995 was used in the movie "The Final Countdown". At the end of the movie, this was the

helicopter that blows up. In reality, it way written off on 12 January 1987.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Randolph (CVS-15) 1966 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author USN

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current21:06, 25 November 2015Thumbnail for version as of 21:06, 25 November 2015764 × 474 (253 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy tractor in front of a Sikorsky SH-3A ''Sea King'' (BuNo 148995) from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 9 (HS-9) "Sea Griffins" aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Randolph'' (CVS-15). HS-9 wa...