Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap on Mar. 21, 2025, for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific.

A T-2C Buckeye crashed after launch from the USS Forrestal Wikimedia Commons Public Domain The T-2 Buckeye was a training aircraft used by the United States Navy and Marine Corps from 1958 until ...

He returned to the USS Forrestal uninjured and resumed his duties ... The pilot safely ejected and survived the incident, which resulted in six people injured, including the pilot.

Dick Swanson//Getty Images Deck of USS Forrestal after the devastating chain ... This same substance figured into an incident on January 14, 1969 when a mobile MD-3A huffer (used to heat up ...

As you can tell, the incident that occurred in this Battlestar ... a fractional reflection of the real tragedy that befell the USS Forrestal. And the fact that the series finale reveals how ...

To wit, I recently spoke with Aviation Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Anthony O’Malley, who served aboard the USS Forrestal during a deadly disaster in 1967. The Forrestal arrived in the Gulf of ...

On the fateful morning of July 29, 1967, the USS Forrestal (AVT 59), then deployed in the Gulf of Tonkin for the Vietnam War effort, experienced a catastrophic incident that reshaped the U.S. Navy's ...

The incident aboard the USS Forrestal also occurred just nine months after a devastating fire broke out on the USS Oriskany, which resulted in the loss of forty-four sailors and pilots.