In 1963, a U.S. Navy KC-130F Hercules turned “impossible” into routine by operating from the deck of the supercarrier USS ...
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 ...
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 ...
USS Ranger (CVA-61), a Forrestal-class carrier commissioned in 1957, became one of the U.S. Navy’s most important Cold War ...
It has been 50 years since a deadly fire on board the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Forrestal. On July 29, 1967, the Forrestal was off the coast of Vietnam for combat operations in the Gulf of Tonkin ...
NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- The U-S-S Forrestal fire, to this day, remains the Navy's biggest disaster in a combat zone since World War II. On the 50th anniversary of that fateful day, former shipmates ...
Royal Australian Navy will commission the first of three new destroyers today (On 23 September). In continuing our reflective stories of previous ships that have carried the name HMAS Hobart, this is ...