Jack Lawler Jr. wants to park a 52-year-old aircraft carrier next to Fort McHenry in Baltimore City?s harbor. The USS Forrestal, commissioned in 1955 and considered the first super carrier, could ...

The Navy is preparing to sink the dreams of some Dundalk activists ? literally. Members of a Dundalk-based group hoped to bring retired aircraft carrier USS Forrestal to the Sparrows Point shipyard ...

The 1967 fire on the USS Forrestal aircraft carrier was one of the most devastating naval disasters in U.S. history. It occurred on July 29, 1967, while the aircraft carrier was stationed in the Gulf ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- The U-S-S Forrestal fire, to this day, remains the Navy's biggest disaster in a combat zone since World War II. On the 50th anniversary of that fateful day, former shipmates ...

Over mankind’s short time on this earth, War has evolved from chaotic bloodshed to hard science. It is based on deliberate chemical reactions to control machines and create devastation. We have become ...

(WHTM) — Central Pennsylvania veteran Harold Sundy is alive today after an aircraft carrier he served on during the Vietnam War caught fire. Many of his shipmates did not make it back home, but he did ...

Summary and Key Points: The 1967 fire aboard the USS Forrestal, the United States’ first supercarrier, remains one of the most catastrophic naval disasters in history. On July 29, while stationed off ...

A bell rang 134 times Monday on the east knoll of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, each peal in memory of a sailor who died aboard the USS Forrestal 35 years ago. The aircraft carrier was in the Gulf of ...

Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s Forrestal-class aircraft carriers, built during the Cold War, marked a significant advancement in sea-based warfare. Designed to accommodate larger airframes ...

Somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea, Apr. 16, 1970: The catapult deckedge operator signals as a C-1 Trader is readied for a catapult launch aboard the USS Forrestal. The ship is conducting operations ...