Recovery Force Ships
Ship | Type | Designation | Covers |
Atlantic |
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SRS - Rescue & Salvage Ship |
ARS-6 |
Y |
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Tracking Ships |
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TS - Tracking Ship |
T-AGM-19 |
Y |
|
USNS Redstoneii,2 |
TS - Tracking Ship |
T-AGM-20 |
U/K |
Not Involved |
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TS - Range Tracking Vessel |
T-AGM-22 |
Y |
|
Recovery Control Centers |
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Norfolk VA |
Atlantic Recovery Control Center |
N/A |
U/K |
Pacific Recovery Control center |
N/A |
Y |
Ship |
Description of Postmark |
Scarcity |
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USS Escape | Machine Cancel - Cape Canaveral 15th | U/K |
USS Escape | Hand Cancel - Cape Canaveral 16th | U/K |
USNS Range Sentinel | Cape Canaveral 14 May Hand Cancel - Also exists with a Black cachet | Common |
USNS Range Sentinel | Cape Canaveral 14 May Machine Cancel | Common |
Cape Canaveral 15 May Machine Cancel. A cover with a different cachet2 exists. | U/K | |
USNS Vanguard1 | Mar Del Plata - 16 May - Rubber Stamp Cachet | U/K |
Cachet |
Description of Cachet |
Colours | Type |
---|---|---|---|
TF-140 | Manned Spacecraft Recovery Force - Atlantic Shows a capsule in the ocean with parachutes |
Black, Blue | Rubber Stamp |
Cachet | Description of Cachet | Colours | Type |
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Houston | USS Ticonderoga Postcard - FDI Skylab Stamp | Multicolour | Printed |
Notes General:
i) The USS Escape was the launch site recovery ship.
ii) The USNS Redstone was stationed in port on standby
Notes Other:
1) From the collection of Dennis Paul
2) From the collection of Tom Steiner
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