File:USS Rupertus (DD-851) approaching USS Forrestal (CVA-59) 29 July 1967.jpg

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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).
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