He worked in aircraft maintenance. He was assigned to VA-163 on board the aircraft carrier, USS Oriskany. Mahoney served in support of Navy pilot, then-Lieutenant Commander John McCain who was shot ...

McCain came to the Oriskany after a July 29, 1967, fire aboard his aircraft carrier, the USS Forrestal, which killed 134 sailors. He requested a transfer to the Oriskany.

On Oct. 26, 1967, McCain was piloting an A-4 Skyhawk attack bomber that had taken off from the USS Oriskany when a missile blew off one of its wings. Seriously wounded, he was captured and would ...

While the U.S. military retains the much smaller 70-millimeter Hydra rockets, the 5-inch Zunis used by the Navy and Marine Corps packed a much greater wallop—akin to the deck gun of a destroyer ...

After World War II ended, Gohman continued serving in the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts. “I was on a wonderful carrier called USS Oriskany and perhaps people say well what is that, but we had two ...

The 1967 fire aboard USS Forrestal killed 134 sailors, and was one of several deadly fires on American aircraft carriers in this era. Sen. John McCain, then a Navy lieutenant commander on the ...

During that deployment, on October 26, 1967, then–Lieutenant Commander John McCain flew off the USS Oriskany in an A-4 Skyhawk on his 23rd bombing mission of the Vietnam War.

"USS John McCain needs to be out of sight," said email, which was from May 15, reportedly read. "Please confirm #3 will be satisfied." ...

The USS John S. McCain once again made national headlines in 2019 after former President Donald Trump reportedly requested that the Navy keep the warship out of sight during his trip to Japan.

This particular A4E here in Oriskany Memorial Park was a part of the same squadron aboard the USS Oriskany with which future Presidential candidate John McCain would serve with in Vietnam.

As for what remains, the USS Oriskany Museum's cornerstone is a single Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, the very same the likes of future American presidential candidate John McCain flew into battle with.

USS John S. McCain is sailing under her own power and is heading to port, the Navy added. A map shows the location where the Alnic MC vessel came to a halt after a collision with the USS John S ...