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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
USS Forrestal (CV-59) was the world’s first supercarrier. Rivalled only by the converted battleship HIJMS Shinano and the cancelled USS United States (CVA-58), Forrestal established a new template for ...
The USS Forrestal set off under tow on Tuesday morning for its final voyage from Philadelphia to a scrapping facility in Texas. Pulled by the Foss Marine Towing boat Lauren Foss, the Forrestal was ...
Frank Eurice was soaking up the sun on the starboard gun mount of the supercarrier USS Forrestal when he turned and saw a jet blasted into fiery confetti. “It was just a sheet of smoke and flame going ...
Vietnam veteran Bernie Sasse of Onalaska was aboard the USS Forrestal when it caught fire in 1967 in a tragedy that left 134 of his fellow crew members dead. Sasse was present for the Onalaska Area ...
All Cathy Lowe has left of her brother Billy is a big box of military mementos and her memories. There’s the flag from his casket. An empty slug from the 21-gun salute at the Orlando sailor’s burial.
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