NORFOLK, Va. - Wednesday marks 53 years since a deadly fire broke out on the former USS Forrestal aircraft carrier, killing more than one hundred men. The ship was the first of the Navy's ...

USS Forrestal symbolized American naval power, but a catastrophic accident in 1967 exposed the dangers of life aboard a ...

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 ...

F4 Phantom jets sat armed and fueled ready to participate in air raids during the Vietnam War. Pilots sat in their planes on the carrier USS Forrestal when the unthinkable happened when a Zuni rocket ...

The USS Forrestal, the United States Navy’s first supercarrier, has been sold for 1 cent to a scrap yard. The Navy announced on Tuesday that it sold the USS Forrestal to the Texas-based port recycling ...

NORFOLK, Va. - 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 ...

On July 29, 1967, the accidental firing of a rocket caused the death of 134 sailors aboard a U.S. Navy carrier. The USS Forrestal was stationed off the coast of North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin. It ...

As of Tuesday evening, the U.S. Navy announced that it had made “significant progress” toward putting out the fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship. While it ...

Former crew members of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal gathered along the banks of the Delaware River early Tuesday morning, taking in one last sight of the ship as it began its final voyage before ...

To this day, retired Navy Capt. Flack Logan carries a flashlight with him. He's seen day turn to night in an explosive instant and watched clear skies swallowed by blanket-upon-blanket of smoke and ...

Frank Eurice was soaking up the sun on the starboard gun mount of the supercarrier USS Forrestal when he turned and saw a jet blasted into fiery confetti. “It was just a sheet of smoke and flame going ...

Several websites have dredged up erroneous details of a deadly naval accident to smear U.S. Sen. John McCain’s service record after his vote against a GOP health care bill. Calling McCain "a traitor ...