USS_Rupertus_(DD-851)_approaching_USS_Forrestal_(CVA-59)_29_July_1967.jpg

Summary

Description	The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Rupertus (DD-851) approaching the burning aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59) in the Gulf of Tonkin, 29 July 1967. The helicopter, a Kaman UH-2A/B Seasprite , is identified in some sources as callsign "Angel 20" from HC-1 aboard USS Oriskany (CVA-34).
Date	29 July 1967
Source	Original version : (September 1967). " Heroes of Forrestal " (PDF). All Hands (608): 2–3. Bureau of Naval Personnel, US Navy. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015 . January 2022 version : The Forrestal Fire, July 29, 1967 – Ship's Logs . NavSource Online: Aircraft Carrier Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History ( 27 March 2022 ). Retrieved on 22 January 2023 .
Author	USN
Permission ( Reusing this file )	"All photographs published in ALL HANDS are official Department of Defense photographs unless otherwise designated."

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