<Tr> <Th> Deaths </Th> <Td> 134 dead </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Non-fatal injuries </Th> <Td> 161 injured </Td> </Tr> <P> On 29 July 1967, a fire broke out on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal after an electrical anomaly caused a Zuni rocket on a F - 4B Phantom to fire, striking an external fuel tank of an A-4 Skyhawk . The flammable jet fuel spilled across the flight deck, ignited, and triggered a chain - reaction of explosions that killed 134 sailors and injured 161 . At the time, Forrestal was engaged in combat operations in the Gulf of Tonkin, during the Vietnam War . The ship survived, but with damage exceeding US $72 million, not including the damage to aircraft . Future United States Senator John McCain and future four - star admiral and U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Ronald J. Zlatoper were among the survivors . Lt. Tom Treanore returned to the ship as its commander and retired an admiral . </P> <P> Forrestal departed its home port in Norfolk, Virginia in early June 1967 . After it completed required inspections for the upcoming West Pacific cruise, it sailed to Brazil for a show of force . It then traveled east around the Horn of Africa and visited Naval Air Station Cubi Point in the Philippine Islands before sailing to Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin on 25 July . </P>

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