From 26 January to 26 February 1966 , '' Kiowa '' participated in the search for a hydrogen bomb that fell into the Mediterranean Sea off Palomares , Spain , following the crash of a United States Air Force B-52G Stratofortress bomber after a collision with a tanker aircraft . After this search , '' Kiowa '' proceeded to South Wales in the United Kingdom and then to San Juan , Puerto Rico , ultimately arriving home at Little Creek on 16 April 1966
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1966 Palomares B-52 crash
USS Kiowa (AT-72)