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Originally Posted by Verne_Frantz
Sam, I'm sure you know what happened to the carrier Forrestal in '67 in Subic Bay. A deck hand fired a missile from a Phantom on deck, igniting other planes and nearly burned the ship down. No such safeties at that time.
I was on the fire brigade on that ship in '71 and believe me, they took their job seriously!
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