ðə dᵻstɹˈɔɪɚɹ ˈɛskɔːɹt ɹᵻtˈɜːnd tə ðə kˌæɹəbˈiən ˌɔn tˈuː dᵻsˈɛmbɚɹ ˈæftɚ pɑːɹtˈɪsᵻpˌeɪɾɪŋ ɪnðə ɹᵻkˈʌvɚɹi ʌvðə pɹˈɑːdʒɛkt mˈɜːkjʊɹi ˌɛmˈeɪ fˈaɪv spˈeɪskɹæft, wˌɪtʃ ˌɔn twˈɛnti nˈaɪn noʊvˈɛmbɚ, twˈaɪs ˈɔːɹbɪɾᵻd ðɪ ˈɜːθ wɪð ɐ tʃˌɪmpɐnzˈiː, ˈiːnoʊz, ˌɔn bˈoːɹd.
The destroyer escort returned to the Caribbean on 2 December after participating in the recovery of the Project Mercury MA-5 spacecraft, which on 29 November, twice orbited the Earth with a chimpanzee, Enos, on board.