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Description Deck plan of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59) on 29 July 1967 in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam war, when an accidentially launched rocket led to a catastrophe that killed 134, and injured 62. 21 aircraft of Attack Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17) (tail code "AA") were destroyed. It was published in the Naval Aviation News, October 1967.
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Source U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News October 1967 [1]
Author USN
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