Could rocket recovery become a naval support mission?

Could specialist vessels retrieve and support reusable rockets at sea?

A ship could combine recovery, maintenance, launch support, beacons, tracking, and redundancy, but it would be large, complex, and valuable enough to need protection.

A vessel could hold position or manoeuvre in an ocean recovery area while a rocket returns. Such a platform could bring landing, maintenance, and launch-support systems together, using beacons and tracking equipment to manage the approach. Its cost and complexity would make reliable tracking and redundancy important. An asset operating in international waters would also create a protection and security problem alongside the engineering work.