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USN 1124795 USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59)

USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59)
Title: USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59)
Caption: Crewmen fight a fire aboard the burning carrier while USS RUPERTUS (DD-851) assists from alongside. She was wracked by a violent chain reaction of fires and explosions which were set off by an initial blast as attack aircraft were being prepared for launch as the ship was deployed in the Gulf of Tonkin, 29 July 1967.
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Catalog #: USN 1124795
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Sat, Jul 29, 1967
After this Year: 1960
Before this Year: 1969
Original Medium: BW Photo
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  • Boats-Ships--Aircraft Carriers
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  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
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