Uss Forrestal fire

ABBAFAN · 06-15-07, 12:49 PM

I watched a documentary recently about the fire on board the USS Forrestal in 1967.I was suprised to learn that at that time it was not so that all members of the ships company were trained in fire fighting.and that one man talked about hearing of the fire initially and going back to sleep.I would have thought that as soon as fire was mentioned everyone would be at emergency stations no hesitaion.
Unfortunatly this man was stuck because by the time he got out of his bunk the ship was at condition zebra and all the doors were shut.
I assume this is the old term for condition zulu does anyone know when the modern phonetic alphabet came in to use?

06-15-07, 12:49 PM	#1
ABBAFAN Commander Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 456 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Uss Forrestal fire I watched a documentary recently about the fire on board the USS Forrestal in 1967.I was suprised to learn that at that time it was not so that all members of the ships company were trained in fire fighting.and that one man talked about hearing of the fire initially and going back to sleep.I would have thought that as soon as fire was mentioned everyone would be at emergency stations no hesitaion. Unfortunatly this man was stuck because by the time he got out of his bunk the ship was at condition zebra and all the doors were shut. I assume this is the old term for condition zulu does anyone know when the modern phonetic alphabet came in to use? __________________ CHOOSE RFA! LESS GRAFT, MORE PAY.