1993年9月11日 · On 29 July 1967, USS Forrestal (CVA/CV-59) suffered a catastrophic fire during flight operations while on Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam. Wracked by eight high-order explosions of thin-shelled Korean War–vintage bombs and a number of smaller weapons explosions, the world’s first supercarrier was mere minutes away from the bottom of ...

Reclassified as CV-59 in 1975, she served as the host ship for the United States Bicentennial celebrations in July 1976 at New York City, New York. In the following years, Forrestal was active in confronting Libya in March 1981 and received a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) from 1983-85. In the late 1980s, she participated in Operation ...

Redesignated: to CV-59 on 30 June 1975; to AVT-59 on 4 February 1992. 26 Jul-16 Aug 1975: Forrestal extended a stay in Naples (26 July-7 August) as her arrival coincided with Settima Aeromotonautica week, a series of celebrations which the Neapolitans set aside within the Bay of Naples area involving water and motor sports.

USS Forrestal (CV-59) arrived in Philadelphia on 14 September 1992 to begin a 14-month, $157 million complex overhaul prior to assuming duties as a training carrier. In early 1994, however, the Navy decided to decommission USS Forrestal (CV-59) and leave the Navy without a dedicated training carrier. For a complete history of USS Forrestal (CVA ...

It was just such a battle that the men of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59) confronted one tragic day off the coast of North Vietnam. At 1053, 29 July 1967, a Zuni rocket beneath the wing of an F-4B Phantom II ignited, shooting across the flight deck and impacting a fuel drop tank beneath the wing of an A-4E Skyhawk.

USS Forrestal (CV-59), 1976. President Gerald R. Ford rings the ceremonial bell aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) during the international naval review and the nation's bicentennial activities on Independence Day, July 4, 1976. Note Senator John Warner to his left. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections …

USS Forrestal (CV-59), 1988. A port bow view of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) moored in port at Mayport, Florida, April 22, 1988. PH2 Willard. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

USS Forrestal (CVA-59), 1967. An aerial port bow view of the Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier, USS Forrestal (CVA 59) underway approximately one month after fires and explosions damaged the ship leaving 130 crewmen dead, 62 injured, and two missing and presumed dead while on duty in waters off Vietnam. The Forrestal is homeport at Norfolk, Virginia, August 12, 1967. PHC H.L. Wise, USN ...

Description: USS Forrestal (CVA-59), model. This model was on display in the America's Wars in Vietnam section of the National Museum of the U.S. Navy (Cold War Gallery-Bldg. 70), until 2022. This model was on display in the America's Wars in Vietnam section of the National Museum of the U.S. Navy (Cold War Gallery-Bldg. 70), until 2022.

USS Forrestal (CVA-59), 1955. The world’s largest naval vessel, the 59,650 tons in weight and 1,036 feet in length, USS Forrestal (CVA-59) pass through Hampton Roads on her way to the Atlantic for a five-day sea trial. Underway on her own power, she left her pier at Newport News Shipyard at 3:00 pm for extensive tests on all her equipment …