Name: USS Forrestal (CVA-59) 1962-63 Cruise Sweatshirt
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USS Forrestal (CVA-59) 1962-63 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS Forrestal (CVA-59) 1962-63 Cruise SweatshirtUSS Forrestal (CVA 59) was the first purpose built supercarrier of the postwar era, commissioned in 1955 and named for James V. Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defense. Designated as an attack carrier, she set the template for every fleet carrier that followed the angled deck, the size, the capability and deployed repeatedly to the Mediterranean as one of the most powerful warships in the world. In July 1967, a catastrophic fire on her flight deck

Coral Sea's air wing responded with sustained strikes under Operation Linebacker — the most concentrated air campaign since Rolling Thunder

Deployed to the Indian Ocean

The 1997 cruise sent them back into the Mediterranean — the 6th Fleet's operational heartland — where NATO operations in the Balkans continued and American naval presence sent an unmistakable message of stability and resolve

History moved fast in 1989 and 1990

USS Cape St George (CG-71) deployed in 2000

project power

The ship named America

the crew of CVA-66 maintained the watch

In 1977-78

USS America (CVA-66) deployed in 1974

CVN-65's air wing flew relentless sorties in support of American and coalition forces on the ground — close air support

USS Forrestal (CVA-59) was the first purpose-built supercarrier of the postwar era

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