USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) — Apollo 13, April 1970: Turning a Lander into a Lifeboat · Aristotree

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USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2). 2 connected concepts: Apollo command and service module (related to), Jim Lovell (related to).

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USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2)

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Iwo Jima recovered Lovell and his crewmates after Apollo 13’s splashdown. Iwo Jima was the recovery ship for Apollo 13’s command module Odyssey.

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Retrieved returning capsule
Iwo Jima was the recovery ship for Apollo 13’s command module Odyssey.
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Recovered Lovell’s crew
Iwo Jima recovered Lovell and his crewmates after Apollo 13’s splashdown.
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