MV Retriever
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mv-retriever-311-1758476
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MV Retriever
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MV Retriever was a World War II-era Landing Craft Utility transferred to NASA from the U.S. Army. It was used to train United States astronauts for post-splashdown ocean recovery operations and water egress from their command modules during the Gemini and Apollo programs from 1963 to 1972. It operated primarily in Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. MV Retriever was one of 500 Mk V LCTs built. LCU-1530 was acquired by NASA under a reimbursable loan agreement dated March 4, 1963, from the U.S.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Retriever
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2024-04-13T19:37:17Z
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