As History.com notes, on this day in 1969 an explosion aboard the USS Enterprise killed 29 sailors.
The carrier was off the coast of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii when the explosion occurred and on route to combat duty during the Vietnam War.
You can read about the deadly incident via the below link:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/explosion-rocks-uss-enterprise?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2017-0114-01142017&om_rid=de5e4076c942a595dbda53f758321d197499484f6d117f61b6ac5c08e0d6f0aa&om_mid=136626110&kx_EmailCampaignID=9293&kx_EmailCampaignName=email-hist-tdih-2017-0114-01142017&kx_EmailRecipientID=de5e4076c942a595dbda53f758321d197499484f6d117f61b6ac5c08e0d6f0aa
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