Help, please. What helos with USCG Cutters?

 Len,

CG Bob speaks much truth. As a side note, we embarked the following "non-standed" helos in 1988-1989 aboard the 270' cutter CAMPBELL: US Navy KAMAN SH-2G Seasprite, USCG Sikorsky HH-3 Pelican and a ROYAL NAVY Lynx SH-2. The Sikorsky HH-3 was the first Pelican to land on a 270', it was surmised our flight deck couldn't take the weight, but it did. If one were to model a CG 270' it would be neat to have a dark green Navy KAMAN parked on deck. The HH-65's we embarked were painted all red but we also had the earlier "all white and red trim" paint scheme helo from Brooklyn CG air station... Good luck on your build, those cutters are handsome ships.

Regards

Mike M.

 

CG Bob wrote:

That depends on the era you're depicting.  From the 1960's through the mid 1980's, the HH-52 Seaguard was flown off all USCGC's with flight decks.  The HH-3F could land, in an emergency on the 378' WHEC's.  As the HH-52 was replaced with the HH-65, all USCGC's with flight dedcks are rated for the 65.  As the HH60's replaced the HH-3's, the 378's and 270's were rated for the HH-60's.  Some other options to look at are the Augusta 109 known as the MH-68, and the  MD-900 Notar.  A couple of MD-900's were leased (around 1999-2000) for testing as armed helo's to take out the drug running go-fasts.  The Augusta 109/MH-68 can be flown of all flight deck USCGC's.  When I was on USCGC CONFIDENCE WMEC-619, in Kodiak, AK; we made a trip to Anchorage and trained with the Army helo unitthere.  They flew their hi-vis artic scheme UH-1's onto our flight deck.  You could also put one of the USN traing helo's on the cutter flight deck.

CG Bob:  Just the info I was looking for.  The era I'm modeling is late 80's to today, using the JAG FRAM Hamiliton and JAG Bear kits.  If I was handy with the whittling knife, I'd just make me up some 65's and a 68 or two, but, your comment will help with the kits I have.  Thanks for the assist!  Len

That depends on the era you're depicting.  From the 1960's through the mid 1980's, the HH-52 Seaguard was flown off all USCGC's with flight decks.  The HH-3F could land, in an emergency on the 378' WHEC's.  As the HH-52 was replaced with the HH-65, all USCGC's with flight dedcks are rated for the 65.  As the HH60's replaced the HH-3's, the 378's and 270's were rated for the HH-60's.  Some other options to look at are the Augusta 109 known as the MH-68, and the  MD-900 Notar.  A couple of MD-900's were leased (around 1999-2000) for testing as armed helo's to take out the drug running go-fasts.  The Augusta 109/MH-68 can be flown of all flight deck USCGC's.  When I was on USCGC CONFIDENCE WMEC-619, in Kodiak, AK; we made a trip to Anchorage and trained with the Army helo unitthere.  They flew their hi-vis artic scheme UH-1's onto our flight deck.  You could also put one of the USN traing helo's on the cutter flight deck.