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Forrestal Disaster On Her First Vietnam Patrol
Subic Bay Philippines AP report of the USS Forrestal fire on July 29 during a North Vietnam air strike. A sudden fuel explosion on Skyhawk 405 started a blaze on the flight deck, causing 129 dead, 64 injured, 3 missing, with 21 jets destroyed or jettisoned and more than $100 million in damage. Sailors, including Lt. Cmdr. John S. McCain, aided victims and fought fires as the ship limped to Subic Bay for repairs.
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Subic Bay
Philippines
North Vietnam
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Forrestal
America
Harvey P. Lanham
North Korea
Tucker
Kenneth Fabiani
Barrington
Skyhawk No. 405
Rupertus
George Hamilton
Skyhawk
Lanham
Cmdr
John Dewinter
Bloomington
Vietnam
Dewinter
Army War College
Fabiani
John S. McCain
Herb Hope
Virginia Beach
Brown
Mackenzie
St. Petersburg
Fla
Robert Cates
C. Lonnie Black
Dublin
Tex
Cates
John K. Beling
Beling
Yankee Station
Oriskany
Bon Homme Richard
Repose
da Nang
Air Force
Norfolk