As viewed on approach to USS Kawishiwi AO-146 for replenishment in 1976
Enterprise Web site ................Tom did not have wide lense so we displayed it to you this way, touch it!.
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Fire aboard Enterprise,
14 January 1969, in Hawaiian waters — The massive fire started when
a Zuni rocket accidentally exploded under the wing of an F-4.
The heat from truck next to plane, had heated up the rocket. Some of
the subsequent 18 explosions were 500-lb. bombs cooking of in
multiples, leaving 20-foot holes in the armored flight deck. Losses
totalled 28 dead, 343 wounded, and 15 aircraft destroyed.
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USS Rogers (DD-876) alongside helping fight the fire, and Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22) —upper right corner— making approach to lend assistance. (Official USN Photo). USS Rogers was awarded the
Meritorious Unit Commendation....................................Richard
Leonhardt In two months, Enterprise was back on duty in
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