The successful use of the carriers as recovery ships continued into the Apollo program.
The company began work with its large recovery ship on Dec. 12.
She was also the recovery ship for the spacecraft that traveled to the moon on the Apollo 11 mission.
And if it went critical before then, Mercer knew there would be no point in launching the recovery ship at all.
The recovery ship took off three hours ago; it is on course and estimating the pick-up point in a little over a week.
Do you know when the recovery ship is due?
Well, keep a sharp lookout for the recovery ship, but don't look at or near the Sun without goggles.
She served as the recovery ship for the Apollo 4 space mission.
My first step is to request a recovery ship and transport to a repair depot.
One of her last missions was to serve as the prime recovery ship for the Apollo 10 space mission.