SRB Retrieval Ships RecordationHomeWhat’s NewRecordation PackageHistorical NarrativeRecordation DrawingsVideosPhotosSRB Retrieval Ships LinksContact SRB Retrieval Ships Photos To view additional SRB Retrieval Ships historical photos, click here. SRB Retrieval Ship acceptance testing (1980) Dewatering of one of the SRB casings following STS-1 (April 13,1981) Liberty Star arriving at Hangar AF with spent SRB, following launch of STS-87 Freedom Star towing SRB (July 27, 2005) Freedom Star towing a barge with an external tank (June 16, 1998) Crew of Freedom Star reeling in parachutes following STS-133 (February 25, 2011)