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Sea Stallion Crew - We Shall Never Forget Multi-cache

Hidden : 10/26/2017
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


 

MEMORIAL FOR THE

NAVY RH-53D SEA STALLION HELICOPTER CREW

 

The RH-53D Sea Stallion was part of a

Helicopter Mine Countermeasures

Naval Air Reserve unit based at Norfolk Naval Air Station.

 

 JUNE 19, 1992

 

Seven sailors, Two Officers and Five Crewmembers

Died when their Navy Reserve helicopter

Exploded and crashed into the Lynnhaven River.

 

The helicopter had refueled at Oceana Naval Air Station

and had taken off five minutes before it crashed.

 

In 1994 the Navy blamed a flawed part in a helicopter rotor-blade motor.



The cache is not at the posted coordinates.

At posted coordinates is an information sign.

 

N 36 53. A B C          W 076 03. D E F

 

A = Number of  E’s  in the First (1st)  Line

B = Number of  O’s  in the Third (3rd) Line

C = Number of Letters in the First (1st) Word in Line 7

D = The Last Number of the Squadron ____     Minus

       The First Number of the Squadron _____

E = The memorial is less than 1,___ 00 yards from the crash site

F = The Date of the Crash is on Line Number ____

 

 

Follow the walkway to the memorial for the

Navy RH-53D Sea Stallion Helicopter Crew

 

 LCDR GREG BINGEMAN

LT KEN STEEN

CPO DAVID ROMESBURG

CPO RANDY VANDIVER

PO1 STACEY MILLS

PO1 DAVE REDLAND

AN RANDY HOPKINS

 




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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nyjnlf Purpx Lbhe Nafjre

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)