Topic: Missions spelled out on recovery ship decks
LM-12 Member
Posts: 3814 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010
posted 11-22-2013 01:09 PM
Which missions had their flights spelled out by sailors on the deck of the prime recovery ship?
Both "Faith 7" and "Mercury 9" were spelled out on the deck of the USS Kearsarge in May 1963.
Can you add a mission?
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Posts: 1234 From: Vancouver, WA, USA Registered: Feb 2012
posted 11-22-2013 01:33 PM
Apollo 7 was spelled out by the crew of the USS Essex. A picture of it can be found on page 32 of Peterson's Book of Man in Space, Vol. 4 - A Giant Leap for Mankind.
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Posts: 3814 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010
posted 11-22-2013 10:15 PM
The Navy crew spelled out "Apollo 8" on the deck of the USS Yorktown in 1968.
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Posts: 3814 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010
posted 12-07-2013 08:18 AM
"Apollo 16" was spelled out on the flight deck of the USS Ticonderoga. https://beta.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/apollo_16_splashdown_1_tico_sailors_in_formation.jpg