At 0811, 26 May 1954, while cruising off Narragansett Bay, the fluid in the port catapult exploded, setting off a series of secondary explosions which killed 103 crewmen and injured 201 others.
Bennington proceeded under her own power to Quonset Point, R.I.
On 26 May 2004 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island, many dedicated a Memorial to those fallen sailors.
It was covered by the local media and approximately 900 former Bennington crewmembers, Air Group and Marine Detachment personnel came to remember the day!
an incredible site and view by the shoreline
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