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,JF The mock-up of the command module is rolled out onto the flight deck.. Prior to the actual splashdown, New Orleans con- ducted many pre-recovery SlMEXes or practices on the way to the recovery site after leaving the Pearl Harbor Naval Base on lanuar 18th y . The exercises were geared with the actual Apollo pick- up in mind. This was a period when the pilots and crewmen from NAS Imperial Beach based Helicopter S d - ' qua ron Six and New Orleans crew had dress re- hearsals in order to be completely ready for the big day February 9th, A boilerplate mock-up of a command module was utilized. Additionally, a point of splashdown was simulated and all forces necessary for the actual pick-up .were employed as if it were the real thing. Even the CBS-TV and radio pool crews rehearsed their opera- tions through the SlMEXes and developed what has been called the most impressive coverage ever on a recovery . The new techniques included using a television camera in a helicopter as well as using a gyro-mount on shipboard cameras to eliminate some of the roll previously noted on other missions. Playing the part of the astronauts in each of the practices were members of UDT-ll, the team of swim- mers that attached the flotation collar around the capsule on splashdown and opened the hatch for the astronauts to exit the capsule These men were b i . . rought on board ship, quarantined and ive VIP ' g n receptions many times during the course of the SlMEXes. and hoisted by the special aircraft crane -' ' . -X .N 'PT 'e -as e Y A K - X-fs. -W 'e'--K-9 A A ..4,.. Y A' ' ' viii'-n A I A f A
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4 K , ,w,,.-.,.v,., - ' 4. W f Q 5 ff? 3, K 4 , Y e ri The ship arrived in Hawaii on january 13th. The next five rainy days were spent in meetings, conferences and the final loading of equipment. The Mobile Quarantine Facility is driven out on the pier to the New Orlean's after 6 Svator where it will be raised to the hangar bay area.
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1 The UDT personnel practice their roles in the recovery. ,QI
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