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The 1967 USS Forrestal fire was a devastating fire and series of chain-reaction explosions on 29 July 1967 that killed 134 sailors and injured 161 on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59), after an electrical anomaly discharged a Zuni rocket on the flight deck. Forrestal was engaged in combat operations in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War at the time, and the damage exceeded US$72 million (equivalent to $ million today) not including damage to aircraft. Future United States Senator John McCain was among the survivors.

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  • The 1967 USS Forrestal fire was a devastating fire and series of chain-reaction explosions on 29 July 1967 that killed 134 sailors and injured 161 on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59), after an electrical anomaly discharged a Zuni rocket on the flight deck. Forrestal was engaged in combat operations in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War at the time, and the damage exceeded US$72 million (equivalent to $ million today) not including damage to aircraft. Future United States Senator John McCain was among the survivors.
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  • 20090420103551(xsd:double)
  • 20091006020626(xsd:double)
  • 1967-07-29(xsd:date)
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  • USS Forrestal on fire, the worst US carrier fire since WWII; maneuvers to within to use fire hoses.
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  • --07-29
  • Did You Know – The terrible fire aboard the USS Forrestal was the worst single Naval casualty event of the Viet Nam War?
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  • 134(xsd:integer)
  • 161(xsd:integer)
  • cost to USN
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  • Gulf of Tonkin,
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  • 650.0
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  • The 1967 USS Forrestal fire was a devastating fire and series of chain-reaction explosions on 29 July 1967 that killed 134 sailors and injured 161 on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59), after an electrical anomaly discharged a Zuni rocket on the flight deck. Forrestal was engaged in combat operations in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War at the time, and the damage exceeded US$72 million (equivalent to $ million today) not including damage to aircraft. Future United States Senator John McCain was among the survivors.
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