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    USS Forrestal (CVA-59) (later CV-59, then AVT-59), was a supercarrier named after the first United States Secretary of Defense James Forrestal. Commissioned...
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    On 29 July 1967, a fire broke out on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal after an electrical anomaly caused a Zuni rocket on an F-4B Phantom to fire...
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    The Forrestal-class aircraft carriers were four aircraft carriers designed and built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. The class ship was named...
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    In 1954, the USN's new supercarrier was named USS Forrestal in his honor, as is the James V. Forrestal Building, which houses the headquarters of the...
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    www.uss-forrestal.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015. "Brief History of the USS Forrestal". www.uss-forrestal.com...
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    was likely prevented by improvements made after the similar 1967 USS Forrestal fire. USS Enterprise (CVN-65), built between 1958 and 1961, was the world's...
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    the transition was completed they were teamed up with VF-102 on board USS Forrestal. Prior to the introduction of the Crusader jets, U.S. Navy carrier battle...
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    the decks of the aircraft carriers USS Forrestal (CV-59), USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69). He...
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    supplies by air. The naval component consisted of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal, a helicopter carrier and six destroyers from the Second Fleet, as well...
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    again to the Mediterranean on 3 August 1981. The ship, in company with USS Forrestal, conducted a Freedom of Navigation exercise in international waters...
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  • Forrestal may refer to: James Forrestal (1892–1949), United States Secretary of Defense USS Forrestal, United States Navy aircraft carrier 1967 USS Forrestal...
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    established on 1 November 1966 and assigned to USS Forrestal. Although an Atlantic Fleet carrier, Forrestal's first deployment with CVW-17 was to Vietnam...
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    ship reached Rota, Spain on the morning of 22 April 1969 and relieved USS Forrestal. Rear Admiral Pierre N. Charbonnet, Commander, Carrier Striking Forces...
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    aircraft carriers. During the Vietnam War, he almost died in the 1967 USS Forrestal fire. While on a bombing mission during Operation Rolling Thunder over...
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    carrier, the recently commissioned USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), on 22 June 1962. CVG-6 participated with the USS Forrestal (CVA-59) in LantFlex 2–62, a nuclear...
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    and two ships. Beling was commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59) at the time of the July 29, 1967 fire that killed 134 sailors...
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    careful record of events in the squadron duty officer log of the 1967 USS Forrestal fire. He had received numerous personal decorations including the Defense...
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    Senator Stennis' leadership, including all aircraft carriers from USS Forrestal to USS Harry S. Truman, and aircraft from the F-4 Phantom to the F/A-18...
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    250 crewmembers. The warship uses two Mark II stockless anchors that came from USS Forrestal and weigh 30 tons each, with each link of the anchor chain weighing...
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  • forward deployed carrier in Japan. USS Carl Vinson also took part in Operation Desert Fox. This was USS Forrestal's last deployment. "Thunder and Lightning...
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    USS Saratoga (CV/CVA/CVB-60), was the second of four Forrestal-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. Saratoga was the sixth...
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    and takeoffs in a Lockheed C-130 Hercules aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal; it was the largest plane, with the heaviest load, ever to successfully...
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    to CVG-8 and made five deployments to the Mediterranean Sea aboard USS Forrestal between 1960 and 1966. From October 1961 to February 1962, a detachment...
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    USS Bataan USS San Jacinto Midway class USS Franklin D. Roosevelt USS Coral Sea Saipan class USS Saipan USS Wright Forrestal class USS Forrestal USS Saratoga...
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    The fifth USS Independence (CV/CVA-62) was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She was the fourth and final member of the Forrestal class of...
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    fires aboard a U.S. Naval vessel since the devastating fire on board USS Forrestal in 1967. On 27 May, George Washington stopped at NAS North Island in...
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    Vietnam operating from USS Forrestal. The brief combat period on Yankee Station was cut short when, on 29 July 1967, the Forrestal fire occurred. VF-11...
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    Explosives Safety Review Board established in the wake of the 1967 USS Forrestal fire, the cooking off time for a Rockeye CBU is approximately 1 minute...
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  • Explosives Safety Review Board (WSESRB) established in the wake of the 1967 USS Forrestal fire, the cooking off time for a Mk 84 is approximately 8 minutes 40...
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    support of Operation Provide Comfort before Roosevelt was relieved by Forrestal in June 1991. In March 1993, VF-84 deployed again on Theodore Roosevelt...
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