The National Interest

Meet USS Forrestal: America’s First Supercarrier was Unlike Any Other

Here’s What You Need to Remember: As they each approached forty years of service, the Forrestals were decommissioned one-by-one between 1993 and 1998—but stayed busy right until then. In 1993, Ranger ...
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 ...
The National Interest

Step Aboard the USS Forrestal: America’s First ‘Super’ Aircraft Carrier

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The nightmarish accident, combined with two other cataclysmic carrier fires, forced the Navy to implement major reforms of its safety culture—but the Forrestal ...
WTKR

Remembering the Sailors lost during the USS Forrestal fire 54 years later

NORFOLK, Va. — Thursday marks 54 years since a deadly fire broke out on the former USS Forrestal aircraft carrier, killing more than 100 Sailors. On July 29, 1967, the Forrestal was off the coast of ...
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USS Forrestal: The Navy Aircraft Carrier Set on Fire By Its Own Rockets

The 1967 fire on the USS Forrestal aircraft carrier was one of the most devastating naval disasters in U.S. history. It occurred on July 29, 1967, while the aircraft carrier was stationed in the Gulf ...