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Topic: Apollo mission recovery: U.S. Navy's cruise books
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Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 08-14-2015 11:36 AM
   
Most of us are familiar with the large voluminous softcover "WestPac Safari USS Kearsarge CVS-33 Project Mercury Far East Cruise 1963" on the recovery of Mercury Faith 7 Gordon Cooper. However during the Apollo days, these Navy cruise books came in well-illustrated hardcover editions. Can we make up a complete listing of these books?I believe there's a book for Apollo 8 and 11... otherwise not sure on other books, besides: - Apollo 15 Moon Book USS Okinawa LPH-3
- T- T+ Tico 14 Crew's Book Apollo 16 recovery
- USS Ticonderoga Primary Recovery Ship Apollo 17
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ea757grrl
Member Posts: 729
From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 08-14-2015 06:37 PM
There's a little cruise book for USS Yorktown that covers several events in the late 1968/early 1969 period that happened in quick succession, including Apollo 8. It was a little low-budget comb-bound volume, but was a nice little souvenir of a very eventful period in the ship's life.There was a very nice cruise book produced commemorating USS Hornet's Apollo 11 recovery deployment. It's beautifully done (some of the photos are just gorgeous) and is highly sought-after. I also know of the Apollo 14 cruise book produced for the crew of USS New Orleans. I examined one several years ago and wish I'd thought to make photocopies or scan it when I had the opportunity. | |
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