ma08_v_c_o_AKP (McDonnell Douglas photo, no. D4C 13618)
"The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) during the recovery of the the Sigma 7 capsule of the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission on 3 October 1962."
8.5" x 11".
Above description associated with NASA photo no. S62-09050:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Kearsarge_(CVS-33)_recovers_the_Mercury-Atlas_8_capsule_on_3_October_1962_(S62-09050).jpg
images-assets.nasa.gov/image/S62-09050/S62-09050~orig.jpg
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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ma08_v_c_o_AKP (McDonnell Douglas photo, no. D4C 13618)
"The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) during the recovery of the the Sigma 7 capsule of the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission on 3 October 1962."
8.5" x 11".
Above description associated with NASA photo no. S62-09050:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Kearsarge_(CVS-33)_recovers_the_Mercury-Atlas_8_capsule_on_3_October_1962_(S62-09050).jpg
images-assets.nasa.gov/image/S62-09050/S62-09050~orig.jpg
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Sea/read also...good stuff:
vintagespace.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/sailors-ships-and-s...
vintagespace.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/uss-kearsage-ma8...