NORFOLK, Va. — July 29, 1967, was one of the darkest days in U.S. Navy history. Off the coast of Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin, a fire broke out on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal. It ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: USS Forrestal had been the U.S. Navy’s first “supercarrier” and was the largest ever built when she was commissioned in 1955. As of Tuesday evening, the U.S. Navy ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Vivien Young says, "I am extremely, extremely proud of him." She says her husband never asks for recognition, but she thought it was time to share his story. Griffin Young served ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The nightmarish accident, combined with two other cataclysmic carrier fires, forced the Navy to implement major reforms of its safety culture—but the Forrestal ...

Mediterranean Sea, April 16, 1970: A fisheye lens provides a panoramic view of the USS Forrestal, its escorts and the Mediterranean below them in a photo shot from a helicopter. Looking for Stars and ...

Somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea, Apr. 16, 1970: The catapult deckedge operator signals as a C-1 Trader is readied for a catapult launch aboard the USS Forrestal. The ship is conducting operations ...