Space History Photo: Odyssey On Deck The prime recovery ship for
the Apollo 13 mission hoists the Command Module aboard the ship.
In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, crewmen
aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo
13 mission, hoist the Command Module aboard ship. The Apollo 13
crewmen were already aboard the Iwo Jima when this photograph
was taken. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44
p.m., April 17, 1970 in the South Pacific Ocean. Each weekday,
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