Aug 6, 2020 · Late on the night of 22 November 1975, US military commands received a flash message from the commander of Carrier Striking Force, Atlantic. The cruiser USS Belknap (CG-26) and carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) had collided 70 nautical miles east of Sicily.

A fire broke out on Belknap following the collision, during which her aluminum superstructure collapsed after it was weakened by the heat. Seven sailors were killed on Belknap and one on John F. Kennedy.

Jan 8, 2019 · The USS Belknap (CG 26) was a newly reclassified guided missile cruiser, and when it accidentally slammed into the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy, the ensuing fire and damage killed eight men, seven on the cruiser and one on the carrier.

On Saturday evening, 22 November 1975, the USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5 J was 3.5 miles away from the scene when the USS Belknap (CG-26) and the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) collided.

Mar 2, 2017 · One of the fuel lines on the carrier just beneath the flight deck was severed during the collision and spilled gas over the Belknap. The resulting fires quickly took hold of the ship. A shot of the USS John F. Kennedy, taken in 1968; The Belknap’s crew worked on …

Aug 6, 2021 · On the night of Nov. 22, 1975, the twelfth anniversary of the assassination of its namesake, USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) aircraft carrier collided with USS Belknap (CG 26) Guided Missile Cruiser in heavy seas off the coast of Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea.

Nov 26, 1989 · On the 12th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination, the Belknap collided with the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy during night flight operations in the Mediterranean 70 miles east of Sicily.Eight sailors were killed and 48 injured in the collision and resulting fire that severely damaged the Belknap, first commissioned in 1964.

Jan 19, 2018 · On 22 November 1975, USS BELKNAP (CG 26) was severely damaged in a collision at sea with USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) which cost the lives of eight Navy personnel and injured forty-eight others.

In 1995, the BELKNAP was decommissioned and about 3 1/2 years later she became the "victim" of a Sinkex of the Navy. The BELKNAP was sunk on September 24, 1998, off the east coast of the United States.

USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) off the coast of Sicily. A fire broke out on USS Belknap following the collision, and during the fire her aluminum superstructure was melted, burned, and gutted to the deck level. Seven sailors were killed on USS Belknap and one on USS John F. Kennedy.