26 MAY 1954 EXPLOSION CARRYING ON CLICK THE PICTURE FOR A CLOSE UP CLOSE THE CLOSE UP WINDOW TO RETURN HERE CLICK THE PICTURE FOR A CLOSE UP CLOSE THE CLOSE UP WINDOW TO RETURN HERE Tugs churn alongside the Bennington as the carrier, it's personnel linning the deck, heads up the East River for the N.Y. Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn. Blasts and fire aboard the Bennington killed 103 men on May 26. Sent by: Bill Connor Connor, William H. MU-2 - Navigation 1952-1954 Fairfax, Virginia Drummer Ships Band RETURN TO: 26 MAY 1954 EXPLOSION INTRODUCTION |