You are not looking far enough in Wikipedia, Chris:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aircraft_designation_sys
tems#US_Air_Force_1947_to_1962
See in particular the listed external link.
In the post 1962 tri-service system:
H - Search & rescue
U - Utility
In the pre 1962 USAF system:
S - Search & rescue
A - Amphibian
I'll leave it to you to work out the pre-1962 USN designation!
Piers
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From: Chris Barker [mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 10 October 2011 06:08
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Red Knight Clean-Up
I had to look that up, Chris, and it was renamed HU-16, according to
Wikipedia. What does the 'HU' designation mean? "Humanitarian", perhaps?
Chris
On 10 Oct 2011, at 01:11, Chris Trask wrote:
>
> My second flying experience that summer was at the controls of a C-54.
> I would often go out to base ops and look across the field to the
> Coast Guard station, where they had a half dozen SA-16's (Grumman
Albatross).
> That was my first choice (USAF Air Sea Rescue) and the C-130 was second.
> Most of the people in my UPT class had never heard of the SA-16.
>
> Ch
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