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The 1969 USS Enterprise fire was a major fire and series of explosions that broke out aboard USS Enterprise on January 14, 1969, off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. After a Zuni rocket detonated under a plane's wing, the ensuing fire touched off more munitions, blowing holes in the flight deck that allowed burning jet fuel to enter the ship. The ...
USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned [12] United States Navy aircraft carrierIn 1958, she became the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, and the world, as well as the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name.
An F-4J of VF-92 hitting barrier on USS America in 1970 An F-4J of VF-92 in flight in 1971-2. The squadron transitioned to the F-4J and deployed again on the USS Enterprise from 6 January 1969 to 2 July 1969 [2]: 421 On 14 January two of the squadron's F-4Js were destroyed in the USS Enterprise fire. [11]
A-7B from VA-146 and F-4J from VF-96 burning on USS Enterprise. Six squadron F-4Js were destroyed and ten crewmen killed during the USS Enterprise fire on 14 January 1969. VF-96 embarked aboard USS America for a deployment to Vietnam from 10 April to 21 December 1970. "Showtime 100", the VF-96 F-4J flown for three "kills" by Cunningham and Driscoll
A San Diego–based antiwar group, Nonviolent Action, founded by peace activist Francesco Da Vinci, [8] came up with the idea of the Constellation Project, sometimes called The Harbor Project (the SOS name developed later). It was a nonviolent campaign to oppose the war and, at the same time, to show support for the crew of the USS ...
VRC-50 C-2A from USS Enterprise VRC-50 C-130F Hercules at NAS Atsugi VRC-50 US-3A on USS Abraham Lincoln in 1993. 2 October 1969, C-2A #152796 crashed on approach to the USS Constellation on a flight from NAS Cubi Point, all 26 passengers and crew were listed as killed in action, the bodies were not recovered.
An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise near Hawaii killed 27 U.S. Navy men and injured 314. [42] The accident happened during operation of an aircraft engine starter unit and the placement of a cart with four Zuni rockets too close to the exhaust port of the starter unit. [43]
VA-35, USS Enterprise: Operation Rolling Thunder: North Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin: Bombardier/navigator on A-6A #152944 hit by enemy fire after a night attack near Haiphong [83] Presumptive finding of death [3] until 25 September 2018 when he was accounted for [84] March 1: Scheurich, Thomas E: Lieutenant Commander: US Navy: VA-35, USS Enterprise