<p>A U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3A <i>Sea King</i> (BuNo 149910) of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 8 (HS-8) "Eightballers" hovers with a torpedo recovery net suspended below it, in February 1968. HS-8 was assigned to Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 59 (CVSG-59) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Bennington</i> (CVS-20).<br></p>
The SH-3A 149910 was later converted to an SH-3H and crashed on 23 February 1989 while in service with HS-6, Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11), aboard USS <i>Enterprise</i> (CVN-65).
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