Aviation Photo #1862952 Kaman SH-2F Seasprite (K-888) - USA - Navy

HSL-33 Detachment 10 "Seasnakes". On USS Knox (FF-1052), at Fremantle, as part of USS Carl Vinson carrier battle group, returning to the USA after a Westpac cruise. Built as a UH2K-1, redesignated UH-2A in 1962. Served in Vietnam from 1964 with HC-7, painted in camouflage for combat rescue of downed aircrews, and badly shot up by enemy gunfire on three occasions in 1967 - one of which killed a crew member. Later converted to UH-2C then SH-2F, as seen here. To AMARC 20 Aug 1992 as 8H0014.