Ticonderoga Apollo Recovery (CVS 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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Celebrations Begin with a Wardroom Dinner

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Welcome back! The evening of 27 April recorded a special event for TICONDEROGAE wardroom. Astronauts Young, Duke, and Mattingly were guests of TICO's officers that night and the affair was celebrated with steak and lobster. At the completion of the dinner, NASA Recovery Team Leader, Charles Filley, presented Captain Edward A. Boyd a replica of the commandfservice module as a memento of this historic occasion. f , , .t ' 1' f , 1

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tories abound . . . The day after splashdown, a special ceremony was held in hangar bay number one for the three astronauts. At this welcome were the COMNAVAIR-PAC Band, and as many of the crew that could fit in the area. During the ceremony, the astronauts talked to the crew and thanked them sincerely for the professional recovery that they had just accomplished the day before. After that, Navy Captain John Young, Apollo 16 Commander, reenlisted four of TICONDEROGAE sailors. Astronaut Young then presented Captain Boyd with a TICO recovery patch he had taken to the Moon. After the ceremony, the astronauts cut the first pieces of a 400 pound cake prepared by the Chefs of TICO.