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English: The crew of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) spells out the words "Mercury 9" on the ship's flight deck while on the way to the recovery area where astronaut Gordon Cooper was expected to splash down in his "Faith 7" Mercury space capsule.
The destroyers USS Fletcher (DD-445) and USS John A. Bole (DD-755) are steaming with Kearsarge.

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15 May 1963

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	20:19, 28 August 2010		739 × 592 (129 KB)	Panyd	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1=A picture presented to the crew of the USS Kearsarge after the recovery of Faith 7}} \|Source=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us/Photo_submission \|Author=US Navy \|Date= \|Permission={{ConfirmationImageOTRS\|so

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