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Splashdown and Recovery. The morning of 27 April 1972 saw one of the proudest days in TICONDEROGAE history. For most, the day began very early. At' 0715, the flight crews, command module recovery team, and the photographers briefed for the final time on this historical day. At 0840, the mission aircraft were launched and the show was on, for, on TICONDEROGA, all the hard work, preparations, and practice had payed off-all systems were' go . At 0931, Casper entered the Earth's atmosphere right on schedule, shortly thereafter, the sonic boom was heard on the flight deck. Moments later, a rousing cheer went up from all over TICONDEROGA, as the three astronauts in their command module were sighted almost directly overhead. TICONDEROGA was ready! This was the beginning of the end of the most efficient and successful of Apollo recoveries to date, thanks to the team of men who manned TICONDEROGA that day. At 0945, astronauts Young, Duke and Mattingly splashed down, TICO and her crew went into action: HC-1, UDT-12, VAW-111, TCO's crew and NASA, the Press, and everyone on board contributed to an unprecedented historical first in the history of manned spacecraft recovery-the most efficient and quick recovery to date. ln just 38 minutes after splashdown, all three astronauts were safely on board the proudest ship in the U.S. fcontinued on page 311
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the Real Thing Apollo 1 6 Home Safe fcontinued from page 291 Fleet-USS TICONDEROGA. All three main parachutes were recovered on this day-another unprecedented first,' in itself. Recovery Day was a special day for everyone on TICONDEROGA, and especially for Captain Edward A. Boyd, Commanding Qfficer. It was a day he'd been Working for since he entered the Navy in July 1944. Right after launching the Apollo 16 recovery helicopters, Captain Boyd received a message from Admiral Bernard Clarey, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, congratulating him on his nomination by President Nixon for the rank of Rear Admiral. Nothing could have made that day better for the Skipper and everyone, than the fantastically smooth recovery of the Apollo 16 astronauts and their command module with its three parachutes. sf ,M
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