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The carrier occupied drydock number 8 from 21 September 1967, until 10 February 1968, displacing USS John King, an oil tanker, and a minesweeper that were occupying the drydock. During the post-fire refit, 175 feet (53 m) of the flight deck was replaced, along with about 200 compartments on the 03, 02, 01 decks.
On October 26, 1967, during the Vietnam War, US Navy aviator John McCain was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile on a mission against a Hanoi power plant and parachuted wounded into Trúc Bạch Lake. He was dragged out of the water, confronted by angry North Vietnamese and turned over to the military as a prisoner of war.
Flowers lay at a statue in Hanoi, Vietnam marking the spot where Sen. John McCain was captured after his plane was shot down in 1967. After his death, Vietnamese are mourning his legacy of ...
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McCain's grandfather "Slew" (left) and father "Jack" on board a U.S. Navy ship in Tokyo Bay, c. September 2, 1945. John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, 1936, [1] at a United States Navy hospital [2] [3] [4] at Coco Solo Naval Air Station [5] [6] in the Panama Canal Zone, which at that time was considered to be among the unincorporated territories of the United States. [7]
The naval aviator was flying one of 10 planes that were shot down by the North Vietnamese military on the same day.
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1967 (26 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1967" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
John McCain, who died at the age of 81, lived a life of service. Here is a look in photos of his life, from a POW to a presidential candidate