SPLASHDOWN! NASA and the Navy

Sea Power, Oct 2004 by Munns, David W

Also Received: SPLASHDOWN! NASA and the Navy by Don Blair, Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., July 2004. 200 pp. $44.95 ISBN: 1-56311-985-4

The men, ships and aircraft of the U.S. Navy played a vital role in the developinent and execution of many NASA recovery programs. Splashdown! is the first hardbound publication to detail the Navy's role in manned spacecraft recovery, from 1961 through 1975.

The book offers a look into the history and ships involved in manned and unmanned craft recovery. It gives a complete listing of the 236 ships used, divided into Atlantic and Pacific fleet groups. Full-color pictures are provided for ship mission patches, manned mission vessels and helicopter squadrons.