1967 USS Forrestal fire

When

29 Jul 1967

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

19.15° N, 107.38° E

Description

unintended launch of a Zuni rocket from a F-4B Phantom, resulting in a fire which caused the deaths of 134 sailors and pilots onboard the aircraft carrier US…

Deaths

134

Injured

161

Shipboard fire at sea

On July 29 1967, a fire broke out on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal, which was engaged in combat in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War. The fire was caused by an inadvertently fired Zuni rocket which ruptured an external fuel tank of an A-4 Skyhawk. The tank's jet fuel spilled across the flight deck, ignited, and triggered a chain reaction of explosions that killed 134 sailors and injured 161.

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