Photo #: NH 98817
USS Salinan (ATF-161)
In port, with an SH-3 "Sea King" helicopter on her
deck, June 1976. She had recovered the helicopter from seventy
feet of water after it crash landed and sank ten miles off the
coast of Ponte Vedra, southeast of Mayport, Florida. The aircraft
belonged to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron One (HS-1), based
at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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