Ticonderoga Apollo Recovery (CVS 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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Souvenirs and phone calls . Another way of celebrating the special event of TICONDEROGA's recovery of Apollo 16 was for the TICO Post Office to issue a first day Apollo 16 splashdown cover commemorating this very important occasion. This was the largest, most arduous job the crew of the TICONDEROGNS Post Office has handled to date. Over 20,000 cached requests were processed on the ship. What made this job so difficult was the fact that cancellation of the envelopes had to wait until splashdown actually occured just in case the recovery date changed. To the men of the TICO Post Office, Well Done , for an outstanding job.