USS FORRESTAL CVA-59 sat moored to Leyte Pier, U. S. Naval Air Station, Cubi Point, Subic BayJuly 22, 1967 📷 Ken Killmeyer #SubicBay. On July 29, 1967, a fire broke out on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal after an electrical anomaly caused a Zuni rocket on an F-4B Phantom to fire, striking an external fuel tank of an A-4 Skyhawk. The flammable jet fuel spilled across the flight deck, ignited, and triggered a chain reaction of explosions that killed 134 sailors and injured 161. At the ti