The Spanish Peaks can be seen for many miles and have been used for for hundreds of years as a landmark by those passing through the area. The Ute and Comanche Indians called the mountains Wahatoya which means Breasts of the Earth or Breasts of the World.
A third was destroyed on the deck of the carrier USS Forrestal when a missile fired accidentally from another plane hit either the plane next to McCain's or, less likely, his own aircraft, triggering a disastrous fire that killed 134 sailors and nearly killed McCain.
That should've been the light cruiser USS Oklahoma City firing from the gunline in Vietnam, and not the USS Salt Lake City (which was a WWII heavy cruiser)by the way. Former army LT Winston Groom wrote Forrest Gump. He served in the unit depicted in Gump's movie, Company A, 2/47th Inf, 3rd Bde, 9th ID in South Vietnam.