McCain subsequently transferred to the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. He took off from the Oriskany on the day he was downed by a surface-to-air missile fired by the North Vietnamese.

McCain transferred to the USS Oriskany, the aircraft carrier from which he took off on Oct. 27, 1967, the day he was shot down over North Vietnam and taken prisoner. Our ruling ...

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.

What do presidential candidate John McCain, the late vice presidential candidate James Stockdale and retired Vista Fleet captain Tom Mackay of Duluth have in common? If you know naval history, you ...

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 ...

About three months later, on Oct. 26, 1967, McCain had taken off from the USS Oriskany on a bombing mission — his 23rd of the war — and was over Hanoi when his A-4 Skyhawk was hit by a Russian ...

In the 10 years since the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany was sunk in the Gulf, ... 1967 – Lt. Cmdr. John McCain flies off Oriskany in an A-4 Skyhawk, is shot down and taken prison of war in Vietnam.

Arizona Sen. John McCain was among the nation's best known political ... McCain was piloting an A-4 Skyhawk attack bomber that had taken off from the USS Oriskany when a missile blew off one of ...

McCain escaped with burns and shrapnel wounds, but 134 sailors died. He could have taken time off. But yearning for combat, McCain volunteered for duty aboard the USS Oriskany and was sent to Vietnam.

Weather permitting, the now-corroded carrier that was home to 3,460 sailors – including a future Sen. John McCain – and 80 aircraft during the wars in Korea and Vietnam will be towed 24 miles ...

More: Nothing ever broke John McCain. Cancer won't either. The USS Oriskany, the aircraft carrier McCain flew off off before he was captured, is at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico off Pensacola ...

What do presidential candidate John McCain, the late vice presidential candidate James Stockdale and retired Vista Fleet captain Tom Mackayof Duluth have in common? If you know naval history, you ...