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The list of shipwrecks in 1967 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1967 This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
In 1967, during the Vietnam War, the USS Forrestal was floating on the water not too far from the Vietnamese coast. A Zuni rocket from one aircraft flew into the fuel tank of another aircraft, starting a big fire. Within minutes, the fire became bigger and damaged other planes. More than a hundred men and women lost their lives.
They ruled that the sailor's smoking had caused the fire and prohibited any award. In 1991 a memorial was erected in Zapadnaya Litsa to the men lost aboard К-3. In 2007 the Russian Awards Committee (Российский наградной комитет) issued the medal "For 50 Years Of The Submarine "Leninskiy Komsomol"".
SS Torrey Canyon was an LR2 Suezmax class oil tanker with a cargo capacity of 118,285 long tons (120,183 t) of crude oil.She ran aground off the western coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, on 18 March 1967, causing an environmental disaster.
Returned to the U.S. Navy, 1967 and sunk as a target 5 September 1967 [1] ... Friendly Fire Incidents Involving U.S. Submarines During World War II. Syneca Research ...
The fire revealed that Forrestal lacked a heavy-duty, armored forklift needed to jettison aircraft, particularly heavier planes like the RA-5C Vigilante, as well as heavy or damaged ordnance. [1] The United States Navy uses the Forrestal fire and the lessons learned from it when teaching damage control and ammunition safety.
List of shipwrecks in 1967; 0–9. 1967 accident for Soviet submarine Leninsky Komsomol; ... 1967 USS Forrestal fire; G. SS Gripfast; USS Guavina; H. SS Habib Marikar;
A series of explosions at 15:49 triggered the fire, which was controlled in about an hour, though fireboats remained on the scene to spray foam into the ship until late in the evening. [10] Four people were killed in the explosions and fire, and nine were injured. [10] The fire was responded to by police and fire boats, tugs, and helicopters. [10]