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 ...

During an operational readiness inspection near Pearl Harbor, a series of explosions rocked the ship after a junior airman's warnings about an overheating Zuni rocket warhead went unheeded.

Its description reads, "#OTD (on this day) in 1969, an overheated Zuni rocket exploded on the deck of USS Enterprise, causing a major fire that killed 28 sailors and injured another 314.