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1967 USS Forrestal fire
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On 29 July 1967, a fire broke out on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal, which was engaged in combat in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War. The fire was caused by an inadvertently fired r
The smoke plume from the burning USS Forrestal, the worst US carrier fire since World War II, photographed from USS Oriskany.
The smoke plume from the burning USS Forrestal, the worst US carrier fire since World War II, photographed from USS Oriskany.
Since her commissioning in 1955, Forrestal spent her service alternating between the North Atlantic and Mediterranean; her departure from Norfolk in J
Since her commissioning in 1955, Forrestal spent her service alternating between the North Atlantic and Mediterranean; her departure from Norfolk in June 1967 was her first WESTPAC deployment.
A US Navy A-7 Corsair drops a load of Mark 83 bombs in 1970; the relentless bombing campaign had led to the Navy's stocks of Mark 83 bombs dwindling,
A US Navy A-7 Corsair drops a load of Mark 83 bombs in 1970; the relentless bombing campaign had led to the Navy's stocks of Mark 83 bombs dwindling, and had forced on them the use of World War II surplus ordnance, often in poor condition, to maintain the punishing mission rate.
Forrestal rendezvoused with the ammunition ship Diamond Head on 28 July to receive a load of new ordnance, including 16 Korean War-era AN-M65A1 1,000-
Forrestal rendezvoused with the ammunition ship Diamond Head on 28 July to receive a load of new ordnance, including 16 Korean War-era AN-M65A1 1,000-lb bombs.
Zuni (rocket)
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The Zuni 5-inch Folding-Fin Aircraft Rocket, or simply Zuni, is a 5.0 in unguided rocket developed by the Hunter Douglas Division of Bridgeport Brass Company and deployed by the United States Armed Fo
1967 USS Forrestal fire
…which was engaged in combat in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War. The fire was caused by an inadvertently fired rocket. The rocket was a Zuni rocket on an F-4B Phantom rupturing an external fuel tank of an A-4 Skyhawk. The tank's jet fuel spilled across the flight deck, ignited, and triggered a chain…
Zuni unguided rocket
Zuni unguided rocket
A VA-113 A-4F launching Zunis during the Battle of Khe Sanh, 1968.
A VA-113 A-4F launching Zunis during the Battle of Khe Sanh, 1968.
Sailors aboard Forrestal battle a massive ordnance fire triggered by a Zuni rocket
Sailors aboard Forrestal battle a massive ordnance fire triggered by a Zuni rocket