Spacecraft Recovery Ships
The US Navy vessels that retrieved crewed American spacecraft
Mercury
Mission
Mercury-Redstone 3
Mercury-Redstone 4
Mercury-Atlas 6
Mercury-Atlas 7
Mercury-Atlas 8
Mercury-Atlas 9
Spacecraft
Mercury No. 7
Mercury No. 11
Mercury No. 13
Mercury No. 18
Mercury No. 16
Mercury No. 20
Callsign
Freedom 7
Liberty Bell 7
Friendship 7
Aurora 7
Sigma 7
Faith 7
Recovery Ship
USS Lake Champlain CVS-39
USS Randolph CVS-15
USS Noa DD-841
USS Intrepid CVS-11 New York City, NY
USS Kearsarge CVS-33
USS Kearsarge CVS-33
Gemini
Mission
Gemini 3
Gemini 4
Gemini 5
Gemini 7
Gemini 6A
Gemini 8
Gemini 9A
Gemini 10
Gemini 11
Gemini 12
Spacecraft
Gemini SC3
Gemini SC4
Gemini SC5
Gemini SC7
Gemini SC6
Gemini SC8
Gemini SC9
Gemini SC10
Gemini SC11
Gemini SC12
Callsign
Molly Brown
Recovery Ship
USS Intrepid CVS-11 New York City, NY
USS Wasp CVS-18
USS Lake Champlain CVS-39
USS Wasp CVS-18
USS Wasp CVS-18
USS Leonard F. Mason DD-852
USS Wasp CVS-18
USS Guadalcanal LPH-7
USS Guam LPH-9
USS Wasp CVS-18
Apollo
Mission
Apollo 7
Apollo 8
Apollo 9
Apollo 10
Apollo 11
Apollo 12
Apollo 13
Apollo 14
Apollo 15
Apollo 16
Apollo 17
Spacecraft
CSM-101
CSM-103
CSM-104
CSM-106
CSM-105
CSM-108
CSM-109
CSM-110
CSM-112
CSM-113
CSM-114
Callsign
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Spider
Charlie Brown
Columbia
Yankee Clipper
Odyssey
Kitty Hawk
Endeavour
Casper
America
Recovery Ship
USS Essex CVS-9​
USS Yorktown CVS-10 Mount Pleasant, SC
USS Guadalcanal LPH-7
USS Princeton LPH-5
USS Hornet CVS-12 Alameda, CA
USS Hornet CVS-12 Alameda, CA
USS Iwo Jima LPH-2
USS New Orleans LPH-11
USS Okinawa LPH-3
USS Ticonderoga CVS-14
USS Ticonderoga CVS-14
Skylab/Apollo-Soyuz
Mission
Skylab 2
Skylab 3
Skylab 4
Apollo-Soyuz
Spacecraft
CSM-116
CSM-117
CSM-118
CSM-111
Callsign
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Apollo
Recovery Ship
USS Ticonderoga CVS-14
USS New Orleans LPH-11
USS New Orleans LPH-11
USS New Orleans LPH-11