Washington Examiner

Surviving the USS Forrestal fire

Sometimes the stories I encounter in this job leave me stunned. To wit, I recently spoke with Aviation Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Anthony O’Malley, who served aboard the USS Forrestal during a ...
KHQ

Remembering The USS Forrestal Fire

The 57 th anniversary of the USS Forrestal fire, one of the worst in American naval history, is July 29, 2024. I volunteer at the National WWII Memorial on the National Mall some Saturday mornings. My ...
WRAL

Remembering the USS Forrestal deadly fire 50 years later

It has been 50 years since a deadly fire on board the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Forrestal. On July 29, 1967, the Forrestal was off the coast of Vietnam for combat operations in the Gulf of Tonkin ...
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A half-century later, USS Forrestal fallen to be remembered

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- The U-S-S Forrestal fire, to this day, remains the Navy's biggest disaster in a combat zone since World War II. On the 50th anniversary of that fateful day, former shipmates ...
KENS

Forrestal sailors plan ceremony to mark 50 years since deadly fire

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WVEC) -- Remembering a day they wish they could forget. The USS Forrestal Fire resulted in the worst loss of a life on a U.S. Navy ship since World War II. Five decades later, ...
The National Interest

Forrestal-Class: The Navy’s First ‘Supercarrier’ Aircraft Carriers Were Special

The U.S. Navy’s Forrestal-class aircraft carrier – an explainer : The Battle of Midway in 1942 cemented the role of the aircraft carrier as the premier naval warship. Through the remainder of ...