The USS Forrestal Fire, Explained: Aircraft carriers can be dangerous places to work. These ships are literally floating airports, and if proper safety measures aren’t carried out, things can turn ...

The USS Forrestal (CV-59) was commissioned October 1, 1955, as one of the first “supcarriers.” Named for Navy veteran and politician James Vincent Forrestal, this huge vessel had a busy career in the ...

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 ...