Sometimes the stories I encounter in this job leave me stunned. To wit, I recently spoke with Aviation Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Anthony O’Malley, who served aboard the USS Forrestal during a ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - It’s been 58 years since the deadly fire on the U.S.S. Forrestal. Survivors of the fire are gathering at the Hotel Ballast in Wilmington this week as they remember the tragic ...

Forrestal-Class Aircraft Carriers: The Conventional Supercarriers That Changed The Game The jet age didn’t simply ask for bigger decks; it demanded a different kind of carrier. Late-1940s and ...

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 ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WVEC) -- Remembering a day they wish they could forget. The USS Forrestal Fire resulted in the worst loss of a life on a U.S. Navy ship since World War II. Five decades later, ...