Recovery Force Ships
| Ship |
Type |
Designation | Covers |
| Atlantic | |||
| USS Donner | PRS - Dock Landing Ship | LSD-20 | Xiii |
| USS Borie | SRS - Destroyer | DD-704 | N |
| USS Cone | SRS - Destroyer | DD-866 | N |
| USS Ellisoni | SRS - Destroyer | DD-864 | N |
| USS Manley | SRS - Destroyer | DD-940 | N |
| USS Robert H McCard | SRS - Destroyer | DD-822 | N |
| USS Warringtonii | SRS - Destroyer | DD-843 | Y |
| USS Opportune | SRS - Salvage & Rescue Ship | ARS-41 | N |
| Not Involved | |||
| USS Amphion1 |
Repair Ship |
AR-13 |
Y |
| USS Boston1 | Guided Missile Cruiser | CAG-1 | Y |
| USS English1a | Destroyer | DD-696 | Y |
Notes General:
i) The USS Ellison was the first ship to arrive at the landing point
ii ) This cover was produced by an enterprising naval cover collector, Rich Hoffner, who send 63 covers to the secondary recovery ship, U.S.S. Warrington to be postmarked for the Mercury-Redstone 2 recovery. A second copy was sold on eBay in November 2011 for $250! Another copy was sold on eBay in April 2013 for $292. Another was sold on eBay in May 2013 for $255. Another copy sold on eBay for $213.50 in 2018,
iii) A very late dated cover is known
Notes Other:
1) Sold on eBay in 2013 a) 2014
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