Article Title: Remembering The USS Forrestal Fire
Article Excerpt: "...The 57th anniversary of the USS Forrestal fire, one of the worst in American naval history, is July 29, 2024. ... The USS Forrestal (CV-59) was commissioned October 1, 1955, as one of the first “supcarriers.” Named for Navy veteran and politician James Vincent Forrestal, this huge vessel had a busy career in the Atlantic participating in several important actions in the Mediterranean and Middle East in the 1950s and 1960s. The Forrestal underwent a transfer to the Pacific to support the war effort in Vietnam in the summer of 1967. It was in the predawn hours of July 29 when things went awry. ..."
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