Four decades ago, FF-1061 PATTERSON was steaming into the Red Sea with a carrier battle group when we were told to hang back to watch over the waters where an F-14 went down. The carrier moved on while we stood plane guard for, I believe it was, 5 or 6 weeks.
I remember in 1963, we were on station when JFK was shot, while in the Bay Of Florida salvaging a U2 plane that Castro had shot down, every piece of the plane that was salvaged was immediately covered with a heavy tarp. The barge hauling the salvaged parts was taken into port after dark.