Big Joe 1 Launch
Spacecraft Returned to Port
Recovery Force Ships
| Ship |
Type |
Designation | Covers |
|
Atlantic |
|||
|
USS Strong |
PRS - Destroyer |
DD-758 |
N |
|
USS Borie |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-704 |
N |
|
USS Harlan R. Dickson |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-708 |
N |
|
USS Spiegel Grove |
SRS - Dock Landing Ship |
LSD-32 |
N |
|
USS Power |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-839 |
N |
|
USS Turner |
SRS - Destroyer |
DDR-834 |
N |
| 7 Smaller Atlantic Missile Range Recovery Craft |
Various |
Various |
N |
| Not Involved | |||
| USS Atka1 | Coast Guard Icebreaker | AGB-3 | Y |
Notes General:
i) Rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral.
ii) The capsule landed 490 nm short of the planned landing point and about midway between two destroyers. It took almost 8 hours before the USS Strong arrived to recover the capsule.
Notes Other:
1) Sold on eBay during 2014
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