| Ship | Type | Designation | Covers |
|
Atlantic |
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|
PRS - Carrier |
CVS-18 |
Y (Only 1 known) |
|
|
USS Bordelon |
SRS - Radar Picket destroyer |
DD-881 |
N |
|
USS Chickaskia |
SRS - Oiler |
AO-54 |
N |
|
USS William C. Lawe |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-763 |
N |
|
USS McCaffery |
SRS - Anti-Sub Destroyer |
DDE-860 |
N |
|
USS Nimble |
SRS - Ocean Minesweeper |
MSO-459 |
N |
|
USS Opportune |
SRS - Salvage Ship |
ARS-41 |
N |
|
SRS - Fleet Ocean Tug |
AFT-160 |
Y (Only 1 known) |
|
|
USS Sabine |
SRS - Oiler |
AO-25 |
N |
|
USS Robert L. Wilson |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-847 |
N |
|
Pacific |
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|
USS Epperson |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-719 |
N |
|
USS George K. MacKenzie |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-836 |
N |
|
USS Hassayampa |
SRS - Oiler (recovery logistic ship) |
AO-145 |
N |
|
USS Rupertus |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-851 |
N |
|
Tracking & Communications Ships |
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|
USNS Rose Knot |
TS - West Atlantic, near Sao Tome, Brazil |
T-AGM 14 |
N |
|
USNS Coastal Sentry |
TS - Pacific |
T-AGM 15 |
N |
|
USNS Range Tracker |
TS - Position Unknown |
T-AGM 1 |
N |
|
USNS Wheeling |
TS - Position Unknown |
T-AGM 8 |
N |
|
Other |
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|
USNS Kingsport |
Communications Relay Ship - Stationed in San Francisco in a ready reserve status |
T-AG 164 |
N |
Notes General:
i) The actual composition of this Recovery Force is unknown, except that the USS Wasp and the USS Papago were involved. The rest of the ships have been copied from Gemini 9A, the replacement mission. The mission was scrubbed when, after launch, the Agena target
rocket failed when its rocket engine swiveled out of control, sending the Agena rocket into the Atlantic Ocean.
Notes Other:
1) From the collection of Steve Durst (also the CC cover)
2) From the collection of Tom Steiner
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