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‘Captain, we have an inferno starting’: How one flare nearly destroyed a Navy aircraft carrier
Key Points and Summary – In October 1966, the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Oriskany was preparing for flight ops off ...
Hundreds of sharks from miles around headed towards the survivors, drawn by the carnage THE heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis had raced across the Pacific with components of the first atomic bomb. But ...
We toured the carrier — the most technologically advanced to date — at its home base in 2017. The Navy just ordered the carrier to the Caribbean amid the US' escalating tensions with Venezuela. The ...
Pamela C. Forrestal, a widow of Daniel J. Forrestal, and mother of four daughters, died in peace on August 24th, 2025. She was 81 and lived in Berwyn. Forrestal, who was born in St. Louis, moved to ...
William K. “Bill” Mason PHC USN, 82, of Catasauqua, PA, passed away peacefully at home on August 22, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. He now joins his beloved wife, Mary Jane Mason, in eternal ...
USS New Orleans (LPD-18) on Aug. 20. 2025. NHK image This post has been updated with a statement from U.S. 7th Fleet. A fire that burned for 12 hours aboard the amphibious warship USS New Orleans (LPD ...
Following recent capital improvements across the eight-building campus, Princeton Forrestal Village has added five new tenants. Lincoln Equities Group LLC announced the newest leases for the ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On this day 110 years ago, a ship in the Chicago River between LaSalle Drive and Clark Street was loaded with more than 2,500 passengers — many of them ...
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The Devastating 1967 USS Forrestal Aircraft Carrier Fire
Over mankind’s short time on this earth, War has evolved from chaotic bloodshed to hard science. It is based on deliberate chemical reactions to control machines and create devastation. We have become ...
Disasters examined are: The Sep. 19, 1980 titan missile explosion in Damascus, Ark; The Sep. 28, 1994 passenger ferry, MV Estonia, sinking in the Baltic Sea; The Jul. 6, 1988 Piper Alpha oil platform ...
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