VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WVEC) -- Remembering a day they wish they could forget. The USS Forrestal Fire resulted in the worst loss of a life on a U.S. Navy ship since World War II. Five decades later, ...

Surrounded by water, but with nowhere to go, no way to escape, Sailors on USS Forrestal (CVA 59) watched in horror for one split second as flames began to engulf their ship, July 29, 1967. They jumped ...

Carrier training exists because past disasters proved what happens when crews are not ready. From the USS Forrestal fire to SERE school, smoke-filled drills, and flight deck hazards, sailors train for ...

On July 29, 1967, a misfired Zuni rocket aboard USS Forrestal off Vietnam ignited an aircraft’s fuel tank, triggering a chain of fires and explosions across the flight deck. The blaze took 14 hours to ...

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 ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Forrestal fire led to major reforms of the Navy’s firefighting procedures, including better training in damage control for the crew at large. Two deadly collisions ...

A bell rang 134 times Monday on the east knoll of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, each peal in memory of a sailor who died aboard the USS Forrestal 35 years ago. The aircraft carrier was in the Gulf of ...

October is an important month in the history and heritage of USS Forrestal (CVA-59). Commissioned into service the first of the month in 1955, the disastrous tragedy that unfolded in 1967 led to ...

F4 Phantom jets sat armed and fueled ready to participate in air raids during the Vietnam War. Pilots sat in their planes on the carrier USS Forrestal when the unthinkable happened when a Zuni rocket ...