53K views · 541 reactions | #OTD in 1967, USS Forrestal was rocked by a series of fires and explosions after a glitch caused a Zuni rocket on an F-4B Phantom to fire and hit the fuel tank of an A-4 Skyhawk on deck. The disaster killed 134 sailors and injured 161. Among the survivors was John McCain. | U.S. Naval Institute | Facebook

On this day in 1967, the USS Forrestal writhed in agony—consumed by flames, shaken by explosions, and scarred forever in U.S. Navy history. What began as routine flight ops turned catastrophic when a Zuni rocket misfired, igniting a chain reaction of hell on the flight deck. This reel fuses haunting archival footage with restored sound to resurrect the chaos, terror, and heroism of that black morning. The worst peacetime loss of life aboard a Navy ship since World War II—now heard and seen as it