USS Hornet: kjfitz's Pics and Story (5/10)

Trailer in which the Apollo 11 astronauts lived when recovered by the USS Hornet

Trailer in which the Apollo 11 astronauts lived when recovered by the USS Hornet

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kjfitz @ 2006-05-28 02:09:29

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USS Hornet
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By nic
(2005-04-18)

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USS Hornet
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USS Hornet
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Turbine and reduction gears for one of the four propeller shafts of the USS Hornet
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'Island' of the USS Hornet
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2nd deck port passageway on the USS Hornet
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Gun mount on the USS Hornet
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TBM-3 Avenger on the hangar deck of the USS Hornet
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USS Hornet combat record
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@ 2007-05-28 23:19:26
This is the MQF-004. The Hornet Museum's MQF is serial number 004. It was actually the prototype model and eventually used to house Alan Shepard, Stuart Rosa, and Edgar Mitchell at the end of the Apollo 14 mission. The MFQ-based quarantine period lasted from Feb 9, 1971 until Feb 12, 1971 on the primary recovery ship USS New Orleans.
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