Front:
NAMS
APOLLO 17 LUNAR RECOVERY SHIP
Back:
U.S.S. TICONDEROGA
(CVS-14)
Anti-Submarine Aircraft Carrier
Named for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga by
Ethan Allen and his green mountain boys dur-
ing the early days of the Revolutionary War.
Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding &
Drydock Co. at Newport News, Virginia. First
commissioned on 8 May 1944.
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