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Topic: Prime recovery ship captains
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christelle
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posted 08-01-2005 03:51 PM
   
I am lookin for the captains' names of the Prime Recovery Ships during Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and ASTP missions, and the captains' names of the Freedom & Liberty Star ship since the beginning of the Space Shuttle Program. |
WAWalsh
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posted 08-01-2005 05:48 PM
"Relics of Space" supplies a list of the prime recovery vessel for each of the missions through Skylab. There was a coffee table book out about 18 months ago on recovery that might provide a full list for vessels and captains (I have not gotten a hold of the book). |
micropooz
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posted 08-01-2005 07:16 PM
Good question about the Captains' names for the prime recovery ships. I've been looking for a complete listing myself. Unfortunately, "Splashdown", the book that Mr. Walsh references in the previous post, doesn't list the captains.I've been able to piece together the following incomplete list: MA-6 USS Randolph, Capt. Max Berns; USS Noa, don't know
MA-7 USS Intrepid, Capt. J.L. Abbot, Jr.; USS Pierce, don't know
MA-8 USS Kearsarge, Capt. E.P. Rankin
MA-9 USS Kearsarge, Capt. E.P. Rankin GT-4 USS Wasp, Capt. J.W. Conger
GT-7/6 USS Wasp, Capt. Gordon E. Hartley
GT-9 USS Wasp, Capt. Gordon E. Hartley
GT-12 USS Wasp, Capt. Etheridge Apollo 11 USS Hornet, Capt. Carl Seiberlich
Apollo 12 USS Hornet, Capt. Carl Seiberlich Anyone else have any more? |
micropooz
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posted 05-23-2006 08:46 PM
Just saw an eBay lot that referenced the Apollo 17 PRS (Ticonderoga) Captain as Norman K. Green. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
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From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 05-24-2006 06:03 PM
Capt. Ralph Weymouth, USS Lake Champlain, MR-3 |
micropooz
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posted 05-24-2006 10:30 PM
Cool! Thanks Hart!!! Anyone else?This might shape up to become an Astrophile article. Anyone who contributes PRS Captain names will get credit... | |
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