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330-CFD-DN-SC-04-09140: USS Forrestal (CVA-59), 1967

330-CFD-DN-SC-04-09140: 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 132 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. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Caption: 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. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Accession #: 330-CFD-DN-SC-04-09140
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