U.S.S. Bennington CVA-20

In memory of our shipmates and members of Air Task Group 181 lost in an accidental explosion on the USS Bennington while operating off the coast of Rhode Island on May 26, 1954

[ List of those killed in the explosion. ]

“As long as there is one left in whom your memory remains, you are not forgotten.”

          Dedicated on May 26, 2004

         USS Bennington Reunion Association

         Families, Friends, Shipmates.

Marker is on Lincoln Drive, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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