Ticonderoga Apollo Recovery (CVS 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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V ,A .,.. K a staff and acknowled 8111911182 Managing Ed1tor: Printer Advisors Photographnc Edltor Contributing Editor Photography LT Julius M. Folgate ' Pischel Yearbooks Inc. CDR Lex L Davis LTJG John Lazarus LTJG John D Perri Ted Clark Plschel Yearbooks Inc Taylor M oorman NASA Jack Jacobs NASA Vlck Rhoder, NASA Bob Coler NASA A Barry Sweet, Assoclated Press Bob Flora Unlted Press Internatlonal PH CS Dave Moore PHI Don Spray . PH2 Pat Landavazo PH3 M lke Maloney PH 3 John Samson CPL Carlos Penados A PHAN Gary Halle PH AN Terry Larkln AN Dan Rupp Contributing Writers CAPT Edward A Boyd CDR Lex L Davts LT Julius M F olgate A WO1 Charles Fortter Contributing Artists Pterre Mlon ,.. .pg M 1' . ,gm . '7 , ,f..e-1132 . H' ,., . 437, RD3 Frank P McSwam Sa es LTJG Carl A Caskey Typlsts YN 1 Ewald W Brleske Jr YN3 Denms S Kerley Acknowledgements The editor wishes to express his sincere appreciation for the outstanding professlonahs exhnbnted by all personnel mvolv d d m e nn pro ucmg this documentary Without the cooperatlon of NASA and ln partlcul T l ar ay or Moorman the splashdown photography could not have been lncluded The professlonal advice and help of Ted Clark regardmg the fmal layout was invaluable Fmally without the help of the rest of the staff nt would have been Impossible to complete a project such as this nn the record tame of just 30 days About thecover A A u The red background on the front cover IS a picture commemorating the red carpet on whlch' the astronauts took their flrst step onboard TICONDEROGA AT and T+ amply TICONDEROGAJS countdown to Recovery Day and the events thereafter I I ' . L The picture of TICONDEROGA andfthe Apollo 16 spellout xsldedlcated as well as thus documentary tothe crew of this proud shlp ' The back cover depicts the three emblems for TICONDEROGA STICONDE-ROGA and Apollo 16 and Apollo 16 ' A fl8CHEL.YQ'lFlUPKH'lNCll J , . at ' f-l1 fl 3 55, 51 . 4 Q U O ' W o 9 1 A l Q . . I 0 ' - A I l f ' l l u ' l 1 I ' I : 0 I ' ' l 1 1 I ' . f , U 0 A, a Y 1 f ' 1 i E ' r . - 1 ' l l i l 1 4 ' a l ' fs al . , 1 0 a g 3 c . . ., o 0 . . I 4' ' A .. I . 1 U 5 I 1 A 1 n 1 o l I . 1 0 ' 1 - r o n L1 . - .Sf I 7 o a , 0 I 1 I ' -N , D .bw I I 'V 1 I , . . 1 ' D ' ' 1 . s l ' ' I t . . , , ' L I . l n , ' V I I 7 ' ,A 5 . I n , . . I . I I . I , . . . ' . I I . n , . 7 I , I - ! ' l . . , . 9 n , K , X l -v' J . t I I 'll ,, .e,, .xxx