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Posted By: jay behrens

Isn't that ship's name Forestfire? They had another major fire while

I served in the navy. At the time of the fire, they were supposed to film the movie Top Gun on it. Since it was out of commission, they filmed it on the Enterprise. They even changed the number on the Enterprise to that of the Forestall. In return, the movie Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home was filmed on the Forestall. A bunch of us from engineroom I worked in on the Enterprise went to seethe movie. We about busted a gut a when they showed wha was supposed to be the reactor room with steam billowing in it. If that were the case, there would be a major problem.

During the shooting of Top Gun I met Tom Cruise, he comes up to about belly, The guy is a midget. I got spend a decent amount of time with Anothy Edwards showing him around the ship. He wanted someone to tell him about the Navy that wasn't someone that the Navy gave them to tell him about it.

Jay

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