Keywords: CVA-59 fire1967 burning ac.jpg View of the fire on the U S aircraft carrier USS Forrestal CVA 59 on 29 July 1967 in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam war when an accidentially launched rocket led to a catastrophe that killed 134 and injured 62 21 aircraft of Attack Carrier Air Wing 17 CVW-17 were destroyed U S Naval History Office http //www navy mil/navydata/ships/carriers/images/cv59fire jpg 1967-07-29 United States Navy <gallery> File Fire USS Forrestal 1967 jpg with caption </gallery> cropped Vantey PD-USGov-Military-Navy 1967 USS Forrestal fire Burning aircraft Sailors from the United States Navy Standing men |