Bomb_damage_aboard_USS_Reeves_(CG-24),_from_accident_on_30_October_1989.jpg
Summary
Description Bomb damage aboard USS Reeves (CG-24), from accident on 30 October 1989.jpg |
English:
On 30 October 1989, a U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A
Hornet
from the aircraft carrier USS
Midway
(CV-41) mistakenly dropped a 500 lb (227 kg) general-purpose bomb on the deck of the guided missile cruiser USS
Reeves
(CG-24) during training exercises in the Indian Ocean, creating a 1.5 m hole in the bow through the line locker one compartment forward of the fore missile house, sparking small fires, sending shrapnel back to the fantail and injuring five sailors.
Reeves
was operating 51 km south of Diego Garcia at the time of the incident.
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Date |
circa 30 October 1989
date QS:P,+1989-10-30T00:00:00Z/11,P1480,Q5727902
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Source | U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org |
Author | U.S. Navy |
Licensing
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U.S. Navy
, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work
of the
U.S. federal government
, it is in the
public domain
in the United States.
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