The Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe is an American twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter designed by Sikorsky Aircraft for the United States Army. It is named after Tarhe, an 18th-century chief of the Wyandot Indian tribe whose nickname was "The Crane".
It was most prolifically used during the Vietnam War, typically to provide logistical support and heavy transport activities in aid of American ground troops, even artillery pieces such as the M101 howitzer, bulldozers and patrol boats.
