Taken on charge by the Navy as a UH-2B and flown by HC-2 with service aboard USS Shangri-La and USS America, around 1975 this Seasprite was converted to SH-2F for ASW work and was assigned to HSL-31 at NAS North Island, CA. In 1995 it was passed to the National Museum of Naval Aviation (registered N8064H) and by 2018 had undergone a superb restoration by Kaman Corp

Photographer D.Wilton

Preserved at the National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL from 1998

Beautifully restored SH-2F 151312 on display in Hangar Bay One not long after its return from the Kaman Corporation in 2018. Kaman very graciously overhauled and restored the a/c at their own cost for the museum. It is currently on display in Hangar Bay One.

This H-2 was originally built as a UH-2B, later converted to a UH-2C, and finally converted to a SH-2F. 151312 was then assigned to HSL-31, where it served from 1973 until retirement in 1992. Not long after I took this photo 151312 was transported to the Kaman Corporation for complete restoration, which was finished in 2018. It is now on display inside the Hangar Bay One building.