John McCain retired from the U.S. Navy with the rank of captain in 1981 ... On the 50th anniversary of the USS Forrestal fire, we honor the brave American heroes who perished that dark day ...

Logan, who became captain of the carrier USS Lexington ... said Kenneth Killmeyer, historian of the USS Forrestal Association. Killmeyer, a roofing contractor in Sterling, Va., ...

He now serves as the historian for the USS Forrestal Association ... Before the ceremony, Forrestal veterans clustered around their former captain, retired Rear Adm. John K.

Back in 1967, McCain was a Navy lieutenant commander serving on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal. The Forrestal caught fire in one of the most famous disasters in U.S. Navy history ...

USS Forrestal was the first “supercarrier,” larger and far more powerful than previous generations of aircraft carriers. Military aviation underwent a rapid change after World War II ...

Kennedy, and Captain of the USS Forrestal. After retirement from the U.S. Navy, he worked as a legislative director for the Grumman Corporation in Washington D.C. until he was asked to come to ...