Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk
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The Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission United States Navy helicopter based on the United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk and a member of the Sikorsky S-70 family, introduced in 1984. The most significant modifications are the folding main rotor blades and a hinged tail to reduce its footprint aboard ships. The Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk appears in multiple Godzilla films, beginning with The Return of Godzilla.
History
- The Return of Godzilla (1984)
- Godzilla (2014)
- Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Heisei era
The Return of Godzilla
The JSDF set up a defense perimeter near Tokyo Bay after Godzilla was sighted heading toward the area. Three Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawks of the JMSDF were deployed to search for the monster with dipping sonars. The military waited patiently, when Godzilla suddenly rose out of the water in front of a Seahawk, scaring the pilots. Godzilla roared at the helicopter before the JSDF began their attack.
Monsterverse
Godzilla
The morning after the male MUTO hatched from the chrysalis in Janjira and escaped, an SH-60 Seahawk arrived at the containment site and airlifted Ishiro Serizawa, Ford Brody, and Joe Brody to the USS Saratoga. Joe passed away from his injuries while being transported.
Multiple SH-60 Seahawks shined their spotlights on Godzilla's dorsal fins before he made landfall in Honolulu, Hawaii. An SH-60 sat on the flight deck of USS Saratoga as Godzilla swam underneath the aircraft carrier. The next morning, multiple SH-60s departed Hawaii and continued following Godzilla alongside USS Saratoga and other U.S. Navy ships.
Godzilla vs. Kong
A news report concerning Godzilla's attack on the Apex Cybernetics facility in Pensacola, Florida, showed multiple Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawks on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68).
Capabilities
Flight
The Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk has a maximum speed of 270 km/h (168 mph, 146 kn) with a range of 830km (520 mi, 450 nmi) and a service ceiling of 3,700 m (12,000 ft).[1]
Armament
The Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk can be armed with Mk.46, Mk.50, or Mk.54 torpedoes, or two 120 U.S. gal (454 L) fuel tanks for the SH-60B, HH-60R, and MH-60R. They can also be armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles—4 Hellfire missiles for the SH-60B, HH-60H and MH-60R, and 8 Hellfire missiles for the MH-60S Block III—or the Penguin missile, although the latter is being phased out. Guns available for the helicopter are a M60 machine gun, M240 machine gun, GAU-16/A machine gun, or GAU-17/A minigun. The helicopter can also be equipped with a APKWS and RAMICS using a Mk.44 Mod 0 30mm cannon.[1]
Gallery
Screenshots
The Return of Godzilla
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Godzilla rises out of Tokyo Bay in front of a Seahawk
Godzilla (2014)
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A Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk on the flight deck of USS Saratoga as Godzilla swims underneath the carrier -
A SH-60 flies above Godzilla and U.S. Navy ships
Godzilla vs. Kong
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Multiple Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawks on the flight deck of USS Nimitz (CVN-68) -
A Seahawk takes off
Trivia
- The JMSDF SH-60B variant featured in The Return of Godzilla (1984) is fictional. However, a real licensed-built version of the Seahawk for the JMSDF, the SH-60J, entered service in 1991.
- Seahawk was also the name of a fictitious United Nations submarine in King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962).
See also
References
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