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Bookmark or Share- USS Forrestal - WikipediaUSS Forrestal (CVA-59) (later CV-59, then AVT-59), was a supercarrier named after the first United States Secretary of Defense James Forrestal. Commissioned in 1955, she was the United States' first completed supercarrier, and was the lead ship of her class .
- USS Forrestal (CV 59) - Unofficial US Navy SiteUSS Forrestal (CV 59) - formerly CVA 59 - - decommissioned - USS FORRESTAL was the first "super - carrier" in the world. Commissioned as attack aircraft carrier CVA 59, the FORRESTAL was redesignated as multi-purpose aircraft carrier CV 59 on June 30, 1975.
- 1967 USS Forrestal fire - Wikipedia1967 USS Forrestal fire. On 29 July 1967, a fire broke out on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal after an electrical anomaly caused a Zuni rocket on an F-4B Phantom to fire, striking an external fuel tank of an A-4 Skyhawk.
- Forrestal (CVA-59) - NHHCOn 29 July 1967, USS Forrestal (CVA/CV-59) suffered a catastrophic fire during flight operations while on Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam. Wracked by eight high-order explosions of...
- Brief History of the USS FORRESTALOn 11 September 1993, USS FORRESTAL was decommissioned after nearly thirty-eight years of proud service. Today, the "World’s First Super Aircraft Carrier," USS FORRESTAL is moored at the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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