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Forrestal fire. from Naval Aviation News, October 1967. Personal account of the USS Forrestal fire, July 29, 1967 at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 April 2009) Virtual Wall: A Memorial to the men who died in the Forrestal fire; US Navy. Witness to History: USS Forrestal Fire Archived 5 November 2004 at the Wayback Machine. 1 August 2002.
The Forrestal class was the first completed class of "supercarriers" of the Navy, so called because of their then-extraordinarily high tonnage (75,000 tons, 25% larger than the post-World War II-era Midway class), full integration of the angled deck, very large island, and most importantly their extremely strong air wing (80–100 jet aircraft, compared to 65–75 for the Midway class and ...
On 29 July 1967, while serving in the Gulf of Tonkin, USS Forrestal suffered an onboard fire resulting in the death of 134 crew members, 161 injured, 21 aircraft damaged or destroyed and millions of dollars in damage to the ship. USS Forrestal returned to Norfolk with VAW-123 and the rest of the ship's crew and Airwing. VAW-123 had no loss of ...
Beling was commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal at the time of the July 29, 1967 fire that killed 134 sailors and officers, injured 161, and caused $72 million (1967 dollars) in damage to the ship. The Navy investigation into the fire cleared Beling of wrongdoing.
On 25 July 1967, the Clansmen took part in their first combat operations during the Vietnam War flying from USS Forrestal on Yankee Station. A few days later on 29 July, while aircraft were being prepared for the second launch of the day against targets in North Vietnam, a fire broke out on the flight deck of Forrestal. Flames engulfed the ...
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Forrestal undergoing sea trials, 29 September 1955. Forrestal's keel was laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding on 14 July 1952. [4] During construction, her design was adjusted several times—the original telescoping bridge, a design left over from the canceled USS United States, was replaced by a conventional island structure, and her flight deck was modified to include an angled landing ...
Following a 4-month overhaul and intensive training out of San Diego and Long Beach, she deployed to the Far East in June 1967. She resumed carrier screening duty late in July; and, following the disastrous fire on board USS Forrestal on 29 July, she took part in survivor rescue and escort operations.