In May 1963 , '' Pinnacle '' again deployed to the Mediterranean and into 1970 regularly rotated between duty with the 6th Fleet , local operations and training exercises off the east coast , and extended deployment with amphibious forces in the Caribbean . '' Pinnacle '' participated in the recovery effort of the Palomares Incident in early 1966 . '' Pinnacle '' was the first ship to locate the missing hydrogen bomb after making sonar contact
Palomares Incident
1966 Palomares B-52 crash
USS Pinnacle (MSO-462)