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

 

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Credit: Wikimedia Commons

 

Sea/read also...good stuff:

 

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