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Sikorsky SH-60 / HH-60 Sea Hawk / Ocean Hawk / Jayhawk ASW / rescue helicopters

 

SH-60B Sea Hawk

 

Modification Purpose Deliveries Number of commissioned Discarding Differences from the previous modification
HH-60H Sea Hawk rescue 1990 - 1999 42 --- 2 seats, 2 General Electric T700-GE-700 engines (2 x 1640 hp), 14 passenger or 1197 kg of cargo, rescue equipment, 2 7.6-mm MG, rockets
HH-60J Jay Hawk 1989 - 1999 42 radar, 6 passenger, unarmed
SH-60B Sea Hawk ASW 9/1983 - 1999 255 3 seats, 2 T700-GE-401 engines (2 x 1690 hp), 907 kg of combat load on 2 points (2 Mk46 or Mk50 torpedoes or 2 Harpoon ASM or 2 Penguin ASM), 25 acoustic buoys, APS-143 radar
SH-60F Ocean Hawk 1986 - 1995 145 2 T700-GE-401C engines (2 x 1700 hp), sonar, radar, 1361 kg of combat load on 3 points (3 Mk46 or Mk50 torpedoes or 3 Harpoon ASM or 3 Penguin ASM)
MH-60R Sea Hawk 2006 - rebuilt from SH-60B and F  
MH-60S Sea Hawk 1999 - 271  

 

Modification SH-60B

Rotor diameter, m

16.36

Length, m

15.26

Height, m

5.18

Rotating area, m2

210.10

Empty mass, kg

5118

Full flying-off mass, kg

9185
Engine 2 General Electric T700-GE-401
Power, h. p. 2 x 1690
Maximal speed, km/h 234
Cruise speed, km/h 220
Flying range, km 2224
Vertical speed, m/s 3.6
Maximal altitude, m 5790
Complement 3
Armament 907 kg of combat load on 2 points (2 Mk46 or Mk50 torpedoes or 2 Harpoon ASM or 2 Penguin ASM), 25 acoustic buoys

SH-60B Sea Hawk

 

© Ivan Gogin, 2008