Fire aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Oriskany (CVA-34) from accident with flares. Latter stages of fire, with smoke still rising slightly on flight deck and from forward area starboard, below the flight deck. Sailors standing on flight deck with fire hoses laying all over the deck area. Man looks down the edge of the deck area. Firefighters donning Oxygen Breathing Apparatus (OBA) standing in the Sponson deck. They check each others equipment and prepare to enter the area of lingering fire. Smoke emerging from that area below the flight deck.
USS Oriskany (CVA-34) on fire in South China Sea, off South Vietnam. Brief glimpse of smoky passageway, below decks. A helicopter lands on the deck. Sailors holding fire hoses all over the deck. Smoke comes through deck cracks from fire below. Crew members walk about on the flight deck among parked aircraft. Smoke everywhere. A large elevator rises to the flight deck. Groups of sailors all about the flight deck.
Aircraft Carrier, USS Oriskany (CVA-34) in South China Sea off Vietnam. Fire hoses and water spread all over flight deck. Many crewmen attempting to put out fire burning below the deck. Smoke rising from below forward section of flight deck, starboard. Four crewmen carrying a casualty aft on a stretcher. Many sailors around the edge of flight deck. Several aircraft tugs on the deck. Stretcher bearers run forward and return, running with another casualty from the fire stricken area. Crewmen handling hoses run to port, where more smoke is seen. View of airplanes parked as close as possible on a section of deck.
Accidental fire started by a flare aboard USS Oriskany (CVA-34)aircraft carrier off South Vietnam. Men from damage control party work to control fire and smoke. Men gather around UH-2A helicopter after it lands bringing firefighting supplies. Sailors take a chow break and eat combat rations. (Vietnam War period).
Accidental burning below decks from a flare accident on USS Oriskany (CVA-34) off South Vietnam. Sailors hold water hose lines all over the deck. Fire fighters with breathing apparatus. Several officers in khakis seen on deck. Sailors fight fire below deck at side of ship. Smoke rises from the burning area. Another U.S. Aircraft Carrier (USS Constellation or the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt) is seen nearby. Firefighter emerges and ascends steps from area of fire. He pulls off his breathing gear mask. Smoke continues to rise from the area of fire. (Vietnam War period).
USS Oriskany (CVA-34) off coast of Vietnam. Sailors working in area underneath flight deck, as water cascades from hoses above. They take a refreshment break. Water with foam flows across decks. Sailors carry more hoses and firefighters enter area where fire still lingers. Several sailors struggle to hold down and control a high pressure water hose.