Ship |
Type |
Designation | Covers |
Atlantic | |||
USS Donner | PRS - Dock Landing Ship | LSD-20 | N |
USS Basilone | SRS - Anti-Submarine Destroyer | DDE-824 | N |
USS Beatty | SRS - Destroyer | DD-756 | N |
USS Bristol | SRS - Destroyer | DD-857 | N |
USS Chukawan | SRS - Oiler | AO-100 | N |
USS Furse | SRS - Radar Picket Destroyer | DDR-882 | N |
USS Greene | SRS - Radar Picket Destroyer | DDR-711 | N |
USS Gyatt | SRS - Guided Missile Destroyer | DDG-1 | N |
USS Hyman | SRS - Destroyer | DD-732 | N |
USS Joseph P Kennedy | SRS - Destroyer | DD-850 | N |
USS Recovery | SRS - Salvage & Rescue Ship | ARS-43 | N |
USS Steinaker | SRS - Radar Picket Destroyer | DDR-863 | N |
Tracking Ships | |||
USAF Rose Knot | TS - Atlantic Tracking Ship | T AGM-14 | N |
USAF Coastal Sentry | TS - Indian Ocean Tracking Ship | T AGM-15 | N |
Not Involved | |||
USS Loftberg1 | Destroyer | DD-759 | Y |
Notes General:
i) The mission was aborted shortly after liftoff when the rocket deviated from its planned trajectory.
ii) A HR2S helicopter from the MAG-26 launch site recovery group recovered the spacecraft and returned it to Cape Canaveral.
iii) Scan of Port Canaveral cover is from Steve Durst's CD book
Notes Other:
1) Sold on eBay during 2014
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