HUK USNavy

 

 

FIRST   HUK-1   ACCEPTED
All were accepted at  Bloomfield, CT by the Navy  between 29 May 1958 (146309) and 31 Dec 1958     (146327)

 

TOTAL   HUK-1   BUILT  :   24             BuNo. 146304 - 146327  (24)

Accepted by USN  BAR M&S  at  BLOOMFIELD - delivered to the fleet :

146305     30 Sep 1958 - 18 Oct 1958
146306     28 Aug 1958 - 16 Sep 1958
146307     25 Nov 1958 - 18 Dec 1958
146308     29 Aug 1958 - 09 Sep 1958
146315     29 Aug 1958 - 08 Sep 1958
146316     30 Sep 1958 - 28 Oct 1958
146317     30 Sep 1958 - 10 Nov 1958
146318     30 Sep 1958 - 28 Oct 1958
146319     30 Oct 1958 - 21 Nov 1958
146320     30 Oct 1958 - 21 Nov 1958
146321     31 Oct 1958 - 09 Dec 1958
146322     31 Oct 1958 - 09 Dec 1958
146323     18 Nov 1958 - 13 Jan 1959
146324     28 Nov 1958 - 13 Jan 1959
146325     30 Dec 1958 - 18 Feb 1959
146326     31 Dec 1958 - 26 Feb 1959
146327     31 Dec 1958 - 26 Jun 1959  

Accepted by USN  BAR  FA  at  BLOOMFIELD - delivered to the fleet :  

146304     08 Jul 1958  - 21 Nov 1958
146309     29 May 1958 - 18Jul 1958
146310     29 May 1958 - 18 Jul 1958
146311     27 Jun 1958  - 09 Jul 1958
146312     30 Jun 1958  - 08 Aug 1958
146313     29 Jul 1958  - 01 Aug 1958
146314     31 Jul 1958  - 23 Aug 1958  

 

146304 KamanPhoto2502 1

HUK-1  146304  at  Bloomfield, CT  1958 - Kaman photo 2502-1     collection   Johan Ragay

 

NAVY       HU-201 Aug 1958 – 17 Mar 1961
NAS     Lakehurst , NJ

When stationed at NAS Lakehurst , aircraft assigned to HU-2 

                                                          DET.1, HU-2 operated from NAS Norfolk, VA

When stationed on board :
USS Champlain         assigned to  DET.34 , HU-2
USS Randolph           assigned to  DET.36 , HU-2
USS Essex                 assigned to  DET.45 , HU-2
USS Wasp                 assigned to  DET.48 , HU-2
USS Leyte                 assigned to  DET.51 , HU-2
USS Valley Forge       assigned to  DET.52 , HU-2
USS Burton Isle          assigned to  DET.72 , HU-2
USS Eastwind             assigned to  DET.73 , HU-2

 

KamanRotorTips 

Jan 1961-p7

21 Dec 60     HUK-1 from aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge     HU-2

KamanRotorTips

Apr 1961-p7

CDR Charles B. Campbell, Jr., USN, skipper of HU-2 , presented engine log book to R.E. Carr, AMCAP, and Lt.Cdr. R.L. Moren, VRF-31 ; as squadron bids farewell to HUK-1. The helicopter was ferried to the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville, FL.
HU-2 first received the HUK-1 on Aug. 1, 1958, and sent the bird cruising early in 1959. While in HU-2, the HUK-1 flew over 6500 hours and was credited with 28 rescues.

Assigned     aircraft :

146304      from 21 Nov 1958  -  until 18 Aug 1959     w/o
146305      from 18 Oct 1958  -  until 05 Nov 1958     and     from 05 Jun 1959  -  until 15 Sep 1959  w/o
146308      from 09 Sep 1958  -  until 16 Feb 1961
146309      from 18 Dec 1958  -  until 14 Dec 1960
146312      from 08 Aug 1958  -  until 31 Jan 1959     w/o
146313      from 01 Aug 1958  -  until 18 Dec 1959
146315      from 08 Sep 1958   -  until 16 Feb 1961
146319      from 21 Nov 1958   -  until 03 Oct 1959     and     from 06 Feb 1960  -  until 06 Dec 1960
146320      from 21 Nov 1958   -  until 13 May 1959     and     from 01 Nov 1959  -  until 09 Jan 1961
146323      from 13 Jan 1959   -  until 15 Mar 1961
146324      from 13 Jan 1959   -  until  27 Feb 1959     w/o
146325      from 18 Feb 1959   -  until  17 Mar 1961

photo 146313       "HU 70" 
photo 146312       "HU 71" 
photo 146308       "HU 72" 
photo 146315       "HU 73"

photo 146. . .       "HU 74"
photo 146. . .       "HU 75" 
photo 146. . .       "HU 76" 
photo 146. . .       "HU 77" 
photo 146 . . .      "HU 78" 
photo 146323        "HU 79" 

 

HU77 HU76 KamanRotorTips Jul60 p5

photo copied out of Kaman Rotor Tips issue July 1960 -p5

 

NATC1958 - 1960
NAS Patuxent River, MD
 
Assigned     aircraft :

146309       from     18 July 1958  -  until 18 Dec 1958
146310        from    18 July 1958  -  until 06 Aug 1959
146311        from     09 July 1958 -  until 11 May 1960

Photo     146311      May 1959 

 

146311 UH43C NATC 1962 coll M Klaver

HUK 146311 (in hangar) and a sister ship - NATC 19?? - photo collection  M.Klaver

 

NAVY     Station Operations1958 - 1964
 
NAS Alameda, CA

146309     assigned from     06 Mar 1963     until 19 Mar 1963
146310     assigned from     06 Aug 1959     until 18 Sep 1959
146320     assigned from     11 Feb 1962     until 13 Mar 1962
146325     assigned from     27 Mar 1962     until 30 Apr 1962  

NAS Barbers Point, HI

146306     assigned from     17 Nov 1958     until     01 Mar 1961
146307     assigned from     03 Oct 1963     until     25 May 1964
146309     assigned from     19 Mar 1963     until     25 Jul 1964     to storage
146310     assigned     to     VU-1     from 18 Sep 1959     until     20 Jul 1960
               assigned to Station Ops     from     20 Jul 1960     until  16 Aug 1960                                                                                                          and from     01 Feb 1961   until   29 Apr 1963
146314     assigned from     17 Nov 1958     until     07 Dec 1960
146322     assigned from     21 Apr 1961     until     20 Jan 1964  

Photo     146306               late 1958 
Photo     146310               late 1958
Photo     of     HUK     with "Barbers Point" on tail fin    

                                   (KamanRotorTips May 1961-p.14)  (KamanRotorTips December 1961-p.9)

NAS Jacksonville, FL

146309     assigned from 08 Sep 1961     until     30 Oct 1962
146311     assigned from 11 May 1960     until     29 Aug 1960    

                      and from 18 May 1961      until     26 Aug 1963     to storage Litchfield Park    
146320     assigned from  09 Jan 1961     until     29 May 1961  

Photo 146320               Feb 1961 
(KamanRotorTips Nov 1960-p18) 
(KamanRotorTips October 1961-p.22)
(KamanRotorTips December 1961-p.9)  

HUK-1's  from NAS Jacksonville, NAS Cecil Field and N.S. Mayport all had a role in the festivities at Cape Canaveral after Lt Col John Glenn 's orbital ride (add by Ragay : 20 Feb 1962   Capsule "Friendship 7"). They acted as "spotters" for the parade in which President Kennedy and other dignitaries participated. (KamanRotorTips April 1962-p.18)
NAS Cecil Field, FL

146319     assigned     from 11 Sep 1961  -  until 18 Mar 1963 (damaged , w/o)

HUK-1's from NAS Jacksonville, NAS Cecil Field and N.S. Mayport all had a role in the festivities at Cape Canaveral after Lt Col John Glenn 's orbital ride (add by Ragay : 20 Feb 1962 Capsule  "Friendship 7"). They acted as "spotters" for the parade in which President Kennedy and other dignitaries participated. (KamanRotorTips April 1962-p.18)

(KamanRotorTips June 1962-p.16)
NS  Mayport, FL

146308     assigned     from 07 Nov 1961  -  until 02 Feb 1964  (to storage Litchfield Park, AZ)

HUK-1's from NAS Jacksonville, NAS Cecil Field and N.S. Mayport all had a role in the festivities at Cape Canaveral after Lt Col John Glenn 's orbital ride (add by Ragay : 20 Feb 1962 Capsule "Friendship 7"). They acted as "spotters" for the parade in which President Kennedy and other dignitaries participated. (KamanRotorTips April 1962-p.18)

(KamanRotorTips Feb 1963-p.6)
NAS Agana, Guam

146307     assigned     from 09 Mar 1959     until     28 Aug 1959
146316     assigned     from 17 Oct 1960     until     25 Feb 1961
146321     assigned     from 15 Jul 1960       until    28 Oct 1960
146322     assigned     from 23 Jun 1960     until     10 Oct 1960
146325     assigned     from 30 Apr 1962     until      01 Jul 1964
146326     assigned     from 07 May 1959     until     16 Mar 1961
               assigned     from 22 Feb 1962     until      01 Jul 1964
146327     assigned     from 22 Aug 1959     until     28 Sep 1960     w/o      

HUK-1     "Angel 326 "     (146326)
Other mission from NAS Agana with "Angel 316"     in November 1960.
(KamanRotorTips June 1961-p.12-14)

NAS Midway

146307     assigned     from 06 Jul 1960  -  until  28 Apr 1961
146314     assigned     from 16 Jul 1961  -   until  31 Jul 1963
146317     assigned     from 20 Dec 1963  -  until 27 Aug 1964  

NAS Cubi Point , PI

146306     assigned     from 13 Sep 1961     until     27 Jan 1964
146316     assigned     from  04 Dec 1958     until   17 Oct 1960    

                          and from  13 Sep 1961     until    24 Mar 1964
146317     assigned     from  04 Dec 1958    until    30 Aug 1961
146326     assigned     from  16 Mar 1961    until     09 Oct 1961

NAS Sangley Point , PI

146318     assigned   from  06 Dec 1958 until  27 May 1961    

                         and from 15 Nov 1961 until  03 Jan 1964    
146321     assigned   from  17 May 1961 until 07 Jul 1964  

NAS Atsugi, Japan

146307     assigned   from  20 Apr 1962     until     03 Oct 1963
146317     assigned   from  16 Dec 1961     until     20 Dec 1963
146320     assigned   from  13 Mar 1962     until     01 Apr 1964
146321     assigned   from  10 Feb 1959     until     25 Sep 1959    

                         and from  10 Jun 1960     until     22 Jun 1960
146322     assigned   from   10 Feb 1959     until     25 Sep 1959
146323     assigned   from   28 Mar 1962     until     01 Apr 1964  

Photo     146320       1962

MARS Iwakuni, Japan

146321     assigned   from   25 Sep 1959     until     10 Jun 1960
146322     assigned   from   25 Sep 1959     until     02 Jun 1960  

 

 



MARINES  VMO-21964 - 1965
MCAF Futema , Okinawa , Japan
 
Assigned     aircraft :

146306     assigned   from   27 Jan 1964     until     24 May 1965     to O&R     NORTH ISLAND / storage
146314     assigned   from   16 Jan 1964     until     06 Apr 1964     damaged     w/o    
146316     assigned   from   24 Mar 1964     until     24 May 1965     to O&R     NORTH ISLAND / storage  

 

 


HUK-1     STORAGED   AT     LITCHFIELD PARK , AZ     TOTAL  :  10
 DeliveredStruck of ChargeSold toFAA register
14630713 Aug 196421 May 196517 Jan 1967   Allied Aircaft, AZN11119
14630802 Feb 196421 May 196515 Mar 1967   Rosenbalm Av,ORN9847
14630913 Aug 196421 May 196517 Jan 1967   Allied Aircraft, AZN11012
14631126 Aug 196321 May 196519 Jan 1967   Arizona Airc Prt, AZN6174
14631720 Oct 196421 May 196519 Jan 1967   Arizona Airc Prt, AZN6175
14631826 Mar 196423 May 196521 Mar 1967   Allied Aircraft, AZN5144
14632113 Aug 196421 May 196519 Jan 1967   Arizona Airc Prt, AZN3910
14632226 Mar 196421 May 1965  
14632513 Aug 196421 May 1965  
14632613 Aug 196421 May 196519 Jan 1967   Arizona Airc Prt, AZN6176

 

 

last update 10/04/2016