4.3K views · 19 reactions | The tragic USS Forrestal fire On 29 July...

#OTD in 1963, Lt. James Flatley began a series of unarrested full stop landings and unassisted takeoffs on USS Forrestal in a KC-130F Hercules. Written on the fuselage of the plane was "Look Ma, No Hook". The test set the record for the largest and heaviest aircraft ever to land on a carrier. | U.S. Naval Institute

53K views · 544 reactions | #OTD in 1967, USS Forrestal was rocked by a series of fires and explosions after a glitch caused a Zuni rocket on an F-4B Phantom to fire and hit the fuel tank of an A-4 Skyhawk on deck. The disaster killed 134 sailors and injured 161. Among the survivors was John McCain. | U.S. Naval Institute | Facebook

10K views · 219 reactions | Donald Stratton and Lauren Bruner, two of the five remaining USS Arizona survivors, gave first-hand accounts of what happened during the attack on Pearl Harbor. They also talked about the sailor who helped them, Joe George. Read more here: https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/uss-arizona-survivor-we-were-caught-in-the-fireball-1.479761#.WXejSIgrK70 | Stars and Stripes | Facebook

275K views · 3.1K reactions | Newport News Shipbuilding has...