US Aircraft Carrier Disaster 29 July 1967 – USS Forrestal Documentary September 6, 2018 Unipro2013main Military History, Naval History, Navy, US Navy </p> <h2>Aircraft Carrier Disaster</h2> <p> The USS Forrestal (CV-59), formerly AVT-59 and CVA-59, was a supercarrier named after former Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. Commissioned in 1955. On 29 July 1967, a fire broke out on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal. An electrical anomaly caused a Zuni rocket on a McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom to fire, striking an external fuel tank of a A-4 Skyhawk.</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors -
