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{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=MV Retriever in 1966.jpg | Ship caption=MV Retriever in October 1966 (Apollo 1 training)
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1965}} | Ship name=MV Retriever | Ship owner=NASA | Ship operator=NASA | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans | Ship yard number= | Ship laid down=August 1954 | Ship launched=1954 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service=1954 | Ship out of service=1972 | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=? | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class=LCT Mk 5 | Ship tonnage= | 133|ST|sp=us}}- {{Convert|286|ST|sp=us}} (landing)
| 114|ft|2|in|abbr=on}} | 32|ft|8|in|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 3|ft|abbr=on}} forward- {{Convert|4|ft|2|in|abbr=on}} aft (landing)
| Ship hold depth= | Ship propulsion=3 Gray Marine 225 hp (168 kW) diesel engines, triple screws | 8|kn|sp=us}} | 700|mi|km|abbr=on}} | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | 150|ST|sp=us}} cargo | Ship complement=1 officer, 12 enlisted | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship troops= | Ship sensors= | Ship armament= | Ship armour= | Ship notes=
}} | Motor Vessel Retriever was a World War II-era Landing Craft Utility transferred to NASA from the U.S. Army. It was used to train United States astronauts for post-splashdown ocean recovery operations and water egress from their command modules during the Gemini and Apollo programs from 1963 to 1972. It operated primarily in Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. MV Retriever was one of 500 Mk V LCTs built (numbered, not named). LCU-15301 was acquired by NASA under a reimbursable loan agreement dated March 4, 1963, from the U.S. Army at Ft. Eustis, Virginia.[1] The sides of the vessel's midsection were cut down, a new bridge built and a hoist added for NASA use. It was under the jurisdiction of the Manned Spacecraft Center's Landing and Recovery Division, and its captains included Frank M. Gammon, Sr., CWO, US Army and Dino E. Bernardi, USCG (1971–72). Gallery Notes1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/18/181530.htm |title=MV Retriever |work=Navsource.org |date=May 3, 2013 |accessdate=July 3, 2013}}
References - {{Cite web |url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/StonesiferJC/JCS_4-16-01.pdf |title=Oral History 2 Transcript: John C. Stonesifer |work=NASA.gov |first=Kevin M |last=Rusnak |date=April 16, 2001 |accessdate=June 2, 2009}}
- {{cite web |url=http://home.comcast.net/~cmptj/LRD/stories/RetrieverHistory.pdf |title=NASA Motor Vessel (MV) Retriever |first=Coye Mac |last=Jones |date=July 24, 2009 |accessdate=March 14, 2012}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/18/181530.htm |title=MV Retriever |work=Navsource.org |date=May 3, 2013 |accessdate=July 3, 2013}}
External links - {{commons category inline|Retriever (ship, 1954)|Retriever (ship, 1954)}}
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