The first aircraft carrier at Yankee Station was '' Kitty Hawk '' , which was ordered there in April 1964 for the Yankee Team missions . '' Kitty Hawk '' was joined by in May and in June , two months prior to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution . '' Ticonderoga '' and '' Constellation '' launched the first bombing missions from Yankee Station on August 5 , 1964 . '' Constellation '' was also the last carrier conducting operations at Yankee Station on August 15 , 1973 . suffered a major accident while at Yankee Station when a series of fires and explosions on her deck killed 134 men and injured another 161
series of fires and explosions
1967 USS Forrestal fire
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