Forrestal Range [SEP] continent
Forrestal Range
The Forrestal Range () is a largely snow-covered mountain range, about 105 km (65 mi) long, standing east of Dufek Massif and the Neptune Range in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica. Discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 on a transcontinental patrol plane flight of U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound to the vicinity of the Weddell Sea and return.
Named by the US-ACAN after the USS Forrestal, first supercarrier of the U.S. Navy. The entire Pensacola
aboard USS Forrestal (CV 59) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 (Official investigation) 19 Sep 1967 Judge Advocate General
- US Navy. "Forrestal" fire. from "Naval Aviation News", October 1967.
- Virtual Wall: A Memorial to the men who died in the "Forrestal" fire
- US Navy. Witness to History: USS "Forrestal" Fire. 1 August 2002.
- NavSource.org: The "Forrestal" Fire, 29 July 1967, Ship's Logs
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