Historical Summary: 1950-1975
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On January 14, 1969 the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) suffered a series of crippling explosions on the flight deck during an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). The ship was about 75 miles from Pearl Harbor when a missile warhead detonated on a F-4 Phantom at 8:19 am.

The explosion triggered huge fires fed by the thousands of gallons of jet fuel on board a number of fully loaded Phantoms all parked at the stern of the flight deck. As the fires intensified the bombs loaded on the aircraft began to explode, penetrating deep into the ship. One 500 pound bomb fell from an aircraft down through the ship and passed though the hull at the stern just three feet above the waterline.

After three hours of battling, the fires were completely extinguished by 11:30 am. The disaster left 28 crewmen dead, 343 crewmen injured and 15 aircraft destroyed. It took several months of repairs at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard before the Enterprise could return to action in Southeast Asia.


The following information is from the Navy Historical Center

Cold War, 1946-1991

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• Battle Streamer: Armed Forces Expeditionary Service
  
• Berlin Airlift: Naval Aviation's Involvement
  
• Bibliography: Postwar Years, 1946-1991
  
• Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
  
• Dominican Republic Intervention, 1965
  
• Medal for Humane Action-Berlin Airlift
  
• Medal: Armed Forces Expeditionary
  
• Operation Crossroads: Bikini Atoll
  
• Pueblo, USS- Some Experiences Reported by Crew
  
• U-2 and Aircraft Carrier Deployment
  
• U.S. Navy in the Cold War Era, 1945-1991
  

Korean Conflict, 1950-1954
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• Assault from the Sea: The Amphibious Landing at Inchon
  
• Battle Streamer: Korean Service 1950-1954
  
• Bibliography: Korean Conflict
  
• Carrier- Korean Combat Action Reports
  
• Carrier Air Groups- Korean Combat Action Reports
  
• Chronology of U.S. Pacific Fleet Operations, 1950-1953
  
• History of United Naval Operations: Korea by James A. Field, Jr.
  
• Medal: National Defense Service
  
• Medal: Korean Service
  
• Naval Aviation's Involvement in the Korean War
  
• Order of Battle for Carriers and Carrier-based Squadrons
  
• Photographs: Korean War
  
• Pirate, USS; Loss of 12 October 1950
  
• "Remembering the Forgotten War: Korea, 1950-1953"
  
• Ships, U.S. Navy, Sunk and Damages in Action During the Korean Conflict
  
• Ships, Other Navy Commands and USMC Commands Eligible for Korean Service Medal
  
• Special Operations in the Korean War, Navy
  
• USN and USMC Tactical Aircraft operating in the Korean Theater
  

Vietnam Service, 1962-1975
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• Battle Streamer: Vietnam Service, 1962-1973
  
• Bibliography: Conflict in Southeast Asia
  
• Bibliography: Conflict in Southeast Asia- Biography
  
• By Sea, Air, and Land: An Illustrated History of the U.S. Navy and the War in Southeast Asia
  
• Enemy Aircraft shot down by Naval Aviators in Southeast Asia
  
• Medal: Vietnam Service
  
• Medal: Armed Forces Expeditionary
  
• U.S. Medal of Honor Recipients with citations
  
• Oral History: Vietnam Conflict, Post 1946
  
• Order of Battle for Carriers and Carrier Based Squadrons in the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) and Vietnam (1964-1975)
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• Prisoners of War - Some Experiences Report
  
• "Surprised at Tet: U.S. Naval Forces in Vietnam, 1968"
  
• Tonkin Gulf Crisis, August 1964
  
• United States Naval Operations (Monthly), Highlights
  
• "The Vietnam Experience": an Online Art Exhibit