USS Forestal Mishap July 29, 1967

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Description: As far as I know is the first time this video has been made readily available on the Internet to the GP when I posted this on Youtube. ;) I think there is an old documentary VHS tape that might have this footage. And I have seen a few documentaries on cable TV that has SOME of this footage. This tape is old and damaged. The video is poor but audio/narration is good. There is some better video out there but I think they have more film cut out.Some clipped and edited differently. This is just a short clip with some scenes often not shown. http://forrestal.org/fidfacts/page13.htm A ZUNI rocket was fired accidentally from an aircraft being readied for a mission on July 29, 1967. The rocket screamed across the flight deck, struck another aircraft and ignited a fuel fire. The initial fire could have been contained, but 90 seconds after the fire started a bomb detonated, killing or seriously wounding most of the fire fighters. The detonation ruptured the flight deck, and burning fuel spilled into the lower levels of the ship. Bombs, warheads, and rocket motors exploded with varying egress of intensity in the fire, killing 134 and wounding 161 men. Twenty-one aircraft were destroyed After this incident, the Navy established a flag level committee to pursue improvements to the systems used to control flight deck fuel fires. An ordnance safety program was also initiated to characterize flight deck fuel fires and study ways to delay the "cook-off" times of munitions. As a result; insulation is now applied to some bomb casings, delaying "cook-off" times 5 to 10 minutes in a fuel fire, but does not diminish the violence of its explosive reaction. More info at: http://www.sailorstotheend.com/sailors.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ2gy--k3Dw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzgV5QM5fi8
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PhantaseeCS ::: Favorites Oh man, I never knew it was John McCain in the A-4! 07-08-23 00:20:25 _____________________________________________________
Defender78 ::: Favorites soldiers and sailers, airmen and marines - support the men and women in uniform even if you don't support the current War in Iraq. What you are seeing is men of the Armed Forces at their best. 07-08-15 22:19:15 _____________________________________________________
tiburon140 ::: Favorites I saw this when I was in boot camp as well. It really opened my eyes during Fire Fighter training. This was especially important for me because I was an Enginemen and handled millions of gallons of JP5/DFM fuel. 07-08-14 02:55:06 _____________________________________________________
GoBigC ::: Favorites I have a friend that was on this ship. He said he lost several buddies in that fire/explosion. 07-08-04 22:18:38 _____________________________________________________
starsfan326 ::: Favorites they still show it during firefighting 07-07-31 07:35:51 _____________________________________________________
Robotron1973 ::: Favorites I remember seeing this in bootcamp in 1991. It was as chilling now as it was back then 07-07-30 13:54:09 _____________________________________________________
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fishunt73 ::: Favorites I was also in boot in 1991. I served on the Forrestal from 1991-1993. It's pretty sad watching that D/C crew just vanish. 07-08-22 09:41:20 _____________________________________________________
GuitarZzann ::: Favorites Wheres the rest of it? 07-07-21 13:02:17 _____________________________________________________
Sublette217 ::: Favorites This part of the Navy training film "Trial by Fire", required viewing for everyone in the fleet. 07-07-17 00:21:20 _____________________________________________________
TIMMAXJETT ::: Favorites Brave men in their day to day role. What it must have taken to fight fires with fuel, missiles and bombs must be worthy of some recognition. What decorations for valour did those involved receive? 07-07-11 14:09:41 _____________________________________________________
OneBigRetard ::: Favorites 140 men in an accident. Tragic and extrodinary. 07-07-10 19:57:28 _____________________________________________________
OneBigRetard ::: Favorites Whatever you say about John McCain, you can't deny his enormous balls and sense of service. His Vietnam story is awe inspiring. 07-07-10 19:50:03 _____________________________________________________
kirk2767 ::: Favorites The book "Sailors to the End," is all about this accident. Turns out, they were using old "composition B" bombs from WW2. Nearly all of the old bombs on deck went off, while none of the newer ones did. 07-06-28 00:37:57 _____________________________________________________
forrestgumprocks ::: Favorites wasnt it john macains plane that got hit and stated the fire? 07-06-17 15:35:20 _____________________________________________________
RIVERINE ::: Favorites yes.The Zuni went right thru it. 07-08-02 23:41:06 _____________________________________________________
cuban94 ::: Favorites actually it wasn't that front ruuunner the cause of that desaster it was one on the back on the right part of the ship analize really good that video even you see the rocket coming out off that front runner,that a glass reflect from the camara recorder 07-06-14 10:42:33 _____________________________________________________
alphamone ::: Favorites yup, this accident is the reason why they give all people on the ship fire training, instead of just a few people. because you are in big trouble if something happens and the main fire crew gets taken out all at once. It is just a shame that so many people had to die for this saftey percatuin to be enacted. 07-06-07 08:12:20 _____________________________________________________
ATFSCrash ::: Favorites Mossbayman "I to identify the most badly burned bodies . It was gruesome work." My sympathies. From what I understand it was quite gruesome removing the bodies from the ship. I'm sure you're familiar with the gruesome details, but for the benefit of the others. The stench is horrible. The fire can make bodies stiff in the passageways are narrow so often they have to be cut up before they can be removed. My sympathies. 07-05-27 07:37:26 _____________________________________________________
ATFSCrash ::: Favorites sbeutler "everyone getting really sleepy watching it" It's hard to imagine people getting sleepy watching this, particularly if they are training to possibly go into this type of situation. I would tend to be quite alert and take notice. However maybe there was asked in you waiting circumstances. Considering you were in boot camp perhaps everyone was tired from extremely hard training. Perhaps it was a day after leave and everyone was tired or hung over. 07-05-27 07:32:42 _____________________________________________________
sbeutler ::: Favorites Actually it was the hard training. I was in the "Hall of Fame" company for our graduating class. Our CC's used to MASH the crap out of us. It was summer in Chicago in a dark room watching a 60's movie...ZZZZ. I got plenty of training in the fleet. FTG Yoko and Subic Bay, later at FTG Atlantic. I was an engineer in Repair 5 on all ships I served on. 07-05-27 07:42:49 _____________________________________________________