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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.
USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N) -65, is a decommissioned [12] United States Navy aircraft carrier. In 1958, she became ... but 27 sailors were killed, and an ...
Bruno Peter Gaido (March 21, 1916 – June 15, 1942) was an American sailor who served in the United States Navy as an Aviation Machinist's Mate during World War II.While flying as a gunner for pilot Frank O'Flaherty in a Douglas SBD Dauntless during the Battle of Midway, he was shot down and captured by the Japanese whilst waiting for rescue from American forces.
The aircraft rolled to the left and the aircrew ejected. The pilot, COTAC (NFO in co-pilot's seat) and Senso were killed. The Tacco survived with minor injuries. This occurred during transit between the Philippines and Hong Kong aboard USS Enterprise. Pilot Charles Roy experienced catastrophic aileron connecting rod failure immediately after ...
The 1966 USS Oriskany fire was a major fire that ... 1967 killed 134 sailors and injured 161, and a fire aboard USS Enterprise on January 15, 1969, killed 28 sailors ...
Fireman Second Class William Kubinec, who died when the USS West Virginia sank at Pearl Harbor in 1941, was identified in 2019 by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
The remains of a Stillwater sailor killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified and will be returned to Minnesota for burial, the U.S. Defense Department announced. William F. Gusie ...
Image from the film The Negro Sailor with a painting showing Pinckney saving Bagwell's life. Pinckney enlisted on August 3, 1938, and attended boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois. He then reported to the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) as a cook. [6] [7] At the time, cook was one of the few ratings open in the U.S. Navy to Black sailors. [8]