View of the fire on the U.S. aircraft carrier USS <i>Forrestal</i> (CVA 59) on 29 July 1967 in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam war, when an accidentially launched rocket led to a catastrophe that killed 134, and injured 62. 21 aircraft of <i>Attack Carrier Air Wing 17</i> (CVW-17) were destroyed.
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