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Topic: USS Stormes and recovery of Enos (MA-5)
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cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 770
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 09-21-2022 07:01 AM
   
On Nov. 29, 1961, USS Stormes recovered the chimpanzee Enos after his Mercury-Atlas 5 spaceflight. Does anybody of you know, which was the first harbour USS Stormes embarked after this recovery? When did she embark her home harbour New York? |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1381
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 09-21-2022 09:02 AM
From what I can gather; the Stormes disembarked Enos and MA-5 in Bermuda; the destroyer's regular home port was Naval Base Norfolk, VA (not NY). As she often operated in the Caribbean, I surmise she put in at local US naval bases like Jacksonville or Key West on Florida's east coast. Incidentally; the Stormes is still with us; she was decommissioned in 1970, sold to Iran in 1972 (then still under the Sha) and renamed Palang, but has been out of service since 1994. |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1383
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 09-22-2022 11:15 AM
I have never seen any clear photos of the recovery of Enos or spacecraft #9. |
NavyPilot
Member Posts: 83
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2015
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posted 09-22-2022 06:22 PM
Lou, I have one photo that I believe came from a Stormes cruise book. It's a color shot of a Mercury spacecraft in the pivot crane. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3627
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-23-2022 04:22 AM
I just scanned mine this week.61-MA5-26  61-MA5-27  |
NavyPilot
Member Posts: 83
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2015
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posted 09-23-2022 08:05 PM
Ed, yes, the first one is the one to which I referred. I have it in color. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3627
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-24-2022 02:31 AM
I believe I have also seen it in National Geographic. |
NavyPilot
Member Posts: 83
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2015
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posted 09-24-2022 11:38 AM
Ed, sure could be a magazine scan. The provenance was not clear. |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1383
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 09-24-2022 06:30 PM
Thanks to both of you. The last time I saw Enos spacecraft was at The Museum of Life and Science Hillsboro N.C. |
cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 770
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 10-31-2022 06:47 AM
What is your opinion on this postmark? In my opinion, it says, N.Y. was the home harbour during Enos recovery. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1936
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 10-31-2022 08:37 AM
I know when I was in the Navy in 1967 all mail went to a Fleet Post Office (FPO) in NY for all east coast based ships. Doesn't mean you were based or ported out of NY. |
cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 770
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 11-02-2022 06:41 AM
Thank you very much for this explanation. It helps me to improve my exhibit. How do you call such stamps? Transit postmark? |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1936
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-02-2022 08:48 AM
It is/was called a "Fleet Post Office," FPO. There was also one in San Francisco for west coast based ships and stations. |
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