Oriskany Fire Kills 43 as Flames Sweep Flight Deck
Eyewitness report details a dawn blaze on the carrier Oriskany in the South China Sea. A magnesium flare locker explosion blocked exits while crews fought fires and wheeled 500 pound bombs to the sea. 34 tons of bombs were moved to prevent a catastrophic chain reaction.
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Oriskany
South China Sea
North Viet Nam
Yankee Station
Gulf of Tonkin
Halle
Pajalias
Navy Lists Names Of The Dead From Oriskany Fire
The Defense Department released the names of 43 sailors killed in the Oriskany fire off the North Vietnam coast. The list includes Cmdr. Rodney R. B. Care of Porterville California and Lt. Cmdr. Norman B. Levy of Miami Florida, among others, with home addresses and spouses noted.
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UPI
Defensa Department
Navy
Oriskany
North Viet Nam
Rodney R. B. Care
Dee Carter
West Pioneer
Porterville
Calif
J-G
Raymond A. Copple
Darlene Copple
James Brian Huis
Brookfield
Wis
Linyd P. Ay
Patricia E. Wyde
Erlanger St
San Diego
Seaman J. A. Lee
Ernest Andrew Less
Glave
Ariz
Norman 8. Levy
Miami
Fla
Cinnamon Drive
Lemoore
Franklin M. Tunick
Joan [Kitt Tunick
Country Club Lane
Coronado
Clyde R. Welch
Nancy Welch
Dauntless
N.as
Lemeoare
Dewey L. Alexander
Marian Alexander
Conestoga Way
William R. Clements
Lonnie Doone
Clements
High Ave
Caronado Calif
J.g
James L. Brewer
Memphis
Tenn
George K. Farris
Bonnie L. Farris
Avenue East
Oak Harbor
Wash
Seaman Robert Louis Dyke
George Clark Dyke
Pascabolalars
Mammo
Omar Ray Ford
How Oriskany Got Her Name
United Press International reports the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany was named for the Revolutionary War battle of Oriskany in New York where about 400 American and British soldiers fell. The battle was indecisive but halted a potential linkage of two major British forces.
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