Last voyage of the USS Forrestal.

[John_Joey]

For those that are in the Valley, and may have served on this proud ship.

"USS Forrestal will be towed through the South Padre Island Jetties on Tuesday morning Feb. 18th! They will begin to tow at 7:30 am and it will take 5-6 hours to get her to the port for demolition.
The Coast Guard will be setting up a safety zone around the vessel for her entire transit so any vessels, both commercial and recreational, will need to observe that zone."

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[markandkim]

Ive been on CV-59, 60 and 64.

[John_Joey]

daily double wrote:
If she's going to be 20 miles out we probably won't see her.

That's 20 miles out while at sea. She will come in at SPI and then down the channel to Brownsville to the boat yard. Lot's of great places to see her for the very last time.

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This may be of help:

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[daily_double]

If she's going to be 20 miles out we probably won't see her.

[robsouth]

My brother-in-law was a Chief Petty Officer onboard the Forrestal in 1967 when the fire broke out in the Gulf of Tonkin. He suddenly became a "fireman" as did nearly everyone aboard. He related some terrible stories about that tour, both before,during and after the fire. Seems an electrical anomaly caused a missile to discharge on board, then all He** broke loose. He had some pictures taken by other crewmen at the time. He finally retired Navy after 30 years at Mayport in Jacksonville, FL.

[Turbo_Diesel_Du]

My USMC squadron (VMA 331 with the Sky Raider better known as ADs back in 1957) for carrier qualification prior to going to Japan via of the Phillipines back in 1958. We had AD 5s and sixes out of Opalocka, Florida.