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Description The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CVS-12) underway in the Pacific Ocean, circa in July 1969. Hornet, with assigned Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 59 (CVSG-59), was deployed to the Pacific Ocean as the recovery ship for the Apollo 11 Moon-landing mission from 27 June to 1 August 1969. The Apollo 11 crew was recovered on 24 July 1969. Note the shelter for the Apollo capsule on the flight deck.
Date circa July 1969
date QS:P,+1969-07-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Hornet (CVS-12) 1969 Apollo 11 recovery cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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