A Vietnam-era disaster on a Navy aircraft carrier forever changed how US sailors learn to do damage control
Orvelin Valle , We Are The Mighty
Navy aircraft carrier USS Forrestal explosion
An A-4 Skyhawk burns aboard USS Forrestal after its fuel tank was struck by a Zuni missile, July 29, 2021. US Navy
An inadvertent rocket launch aboard the Navy aircraft carrier USS Forrestal on July 29, 1967, caused a massive conflagration.
The accident, which killed 134 sailors, exposed gaps in the Navy's lax culture, poor firefighting ability, and response time.
On July 29, 1967 the USS Forrestal was deployed to the Gulf of Tonkin for operations against Vietnam when the unthinkable happened: An electrical surge on an F-4 Phantom caused the accidental launch of a Zuni rocket into a combat-loaded A-4 Skyhawk.
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