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The USS Forrestal with burning planes on deck, is shown in this 1967 file photo. Thirty years ago a Zuni missile, accidentally fired from another Phantom, struck the A-4 Skyhawk aboard the USS Forrestal and killed 134 men. It was and remains the Navy’s worst disaster since World War II. Former crew members will gather Sunday, July 27, 1997 at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington and Tuesday, July 29, 1997 aboard the now-retired Forrestal in Philadelphia for memorial services. (AP Photo)An accidental rocket launch on the deck of the supercarrier USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin resulted in a fire and explosions that killed 134 service members.
Originally published at Associated Press