It was January 14, 1969. The Enterprise was en route to Vietnam when a rocket exploded on the flight deck. The blasts from fuel tanks, warheads and 500 pound bombs killed 28 and injured more than 300. 🎥Carrier at War | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation

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Disaster at Sea: The Day USS Enterprise Became a Warzone, On January 14, 1969, the mighty USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, found herself in the grip of a deadly disaster. While operating off the coast of Hawaii during a routine flight operation, a Zuni rocket unexpectedly launched from an F-4 Phantom parked on the flight deck. That single misfire struck a nearby aircraft loaded with fuel and munitions — and in an instant, all hell broke loose. A massiv

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