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	Forrestal class aircraft carrier - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography

Ships in class:	4
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		The Forrestal-class aircraft carriers were a four-ship class designed and built for the United States Navy in the 1950s.
		The subsequent Kitty Hawk class moved the portside elevator to the aft end of the angle and reversed the position of the island and the second starboard elevator, vastly improving aircraft handling.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Forrestal_class_aircraft_carrier (438 words)

	Aircraft carrier Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The key aspect of the aircraft carrier is that it is, in effect, a runway at sea and modern aircraft carriers have a flat-top deck design that serves as a flight deck for take-off and landing of aircraft.
		Though aircraft carriers are given their definition with respect to fixed-wing aircraft, the first known instance of using a ship for airborne operations occurred in 1806, when the British Royal Navy's Lord Thomas Cochrane launched kites from the 32-gun frigate HMS Pallas in order to drop propaganda leaflets on the French territory.
		By the late 1930s, aircraft carriers around the world typically carried three types of aircraft: torpedo bombers, also used for conventional bombings and reconnaissance; dive bombers, also used for reconnaissance (in the U.S. Navy, this type of aircraft were known as "scout bombers"); and fighters for fleet defence and bomber escort duties.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/Aircraft_carrier.html (6692 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Flight deck
		The first aircraft carrier that began to show the configuration of the modern vessel was the converted liner HMS Argus, which had a large flat wooden deck added over the entire length of the hull, giving a combined landing and take-off deck unobstructed by superstructure turbulence.
		Carrying the armor at the flight deck level would protect the hangar deck and the aircraft stored there from light bombs (the Illustrious class was protected, for example, against only 200 pound bombs and were very poorly protected against the heavy 500 pound bombs that became common during the war) that struck the deck.
		Landing larger and faster aircraft on a flight deck was made possible through the use of arresting cables installed on the flight deck and a tailhook installed on the aircraft.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Flight-deck (5066 words)

	CV59 - Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier
		The aircraft carrier continues to be the centerpiece of the forces necessary for forward presence.
		Whenever there has been a crisis, the first question has been: "Where are the carriers?" Carriers support and operate aircraft that engage in attacks on airborne, afloat, and ashore targets that threaten free use of the sea; and engage in sustained operations in support of other forces.
		Built in 1959, the Forrestal class carriers were the first of the "super" carriers, built specifically to accommodate modern jet aircraft.
	tech.military.com /equipment/view/89170/cv59---forrestal-class-aircraft-carrier.html (402 words)

	Aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase.
		Modern aircraft carriers have a flat-top deck, the flight deck that serves as a take-off and landing area for aircraft.
		By the late 1930s, aircraft carriers around the world typically carried three types of aircraft: torpedo bombers, also used for conventional bombings and reconnaissance; dive bombers, also used for reconnaissance (in the U.S. Navy, this type of aircraft were known as "scout bombers"); and fighters for fleet defence and bomber escort duties.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aircraft_carrier (4295 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Forrestal class aircraft carrier
		An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase.
		Modern aircraft carriers have a flat-top deck, the flight deck that serves as a take-off and landing area for aircraft.
		USS Forrestal (CVA-59) (later CV-59 and AVT-9) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier, the lead ship of a new class of "supercarriers", named after Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Forrestal-class-aircraft-carrier (382 words)

	USS Forrestal (CVA-59) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Forrestal (CVA-59) (later CV-59 and AVT-9) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier, the lead ship of a new class of "supercarriers", named after Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal.
		During the exercise Forrestal and the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal headed separate task groups, steaming in a two-carrier formation to gain sea control and deploying their aircraft in support of mock amphibious landings in the Shetland Islands and Jutland, Denmark.
		During the exercise, Forrestal traveled as far north as 62 degrees latitude, 150 miles (280 km) south of Iceland, encountering seas to 34 feet (10 m), winds in excess of 70 knots (130 km/h), and a wind chill factor that drove the temperature as far down as 0 degrees.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Forrestal_(CV-59) (3211 words)

	Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier - Karr.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Compared to the Midway class, the Forrestals were 100 feet longer and nearly 30 feet beamier, resulting in a far more stable and comfortable aircraft platform even in very rough weather.
		This was not related to the British "armoured" carriers (which were difficult to operate and had heavily restricted air wings), but grew out of the requirement for such a very large carrier.
		The Midway class ships sat very low in the water and were poor sea boats through their long careers; they were very wet forward and their aviation characteristics were poor.
	www.stardustmemories.com /encyclopedia/Forrestal_class_aircraft_carrier (555 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (Fo-Fz) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		She carries a crew of 5249 including 2279 aircrew and is armed with three Raytheon GMLS Mk 29 octuple surface-to-air missile launchers taking the NATO Sea Sparrow missile and three General Electric/General Dynamics 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx 6-barrel MK 15 guns.
		She carries a crew of 208 and cargo of three 10 ton cranes; three 5 ton cranes; 3500 tons of armaments, And 12800 cubic meters of naval and victualling stores in four holds.
		She carries a crew of 105, including nine officers and is armed with one 3 inch calibre anti-surface gun and four Bofors 40 mm/56 anti-aircraft guns arranged as two twins and also two Oerlikon 20 mm guns.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /R5B.HTM (2463 words)

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		Forrestal was born in Matteawan, now Beacon, New York, the son of an Irish immigrant who dabbled in politics.
		Forrestal opposed the unification of the services, but even so helped develop the National Security Act of 1947 that created the National Military Establishment (the Department of Defense was not created as such until August 1949), and with the former Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson retiring to private life, Forrestal was the next choice.
		Forrestal seemed to be on the road to recovery, having regained 12 pounds since his entry into the hospital.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=James_Forrestal (1517 words)

	All Wood Wings: Independence Class Light Aircraft Carriers - quality ship models crafted from wood
		The Forrestal class were the first carriers designed specifically to operate jet aircraft and were built with an angled deck to permit simultaneous take-offs and landings.
		The Forrestal flight deck had a different layout from later aircraft carriers in that the Forrestal island was placed closer to the bow (moved further aft in later carriers).
		On the port side, the Forrestal number four elevator is forward of the two waist catapults while on later carriers that elevator is aft of the waist catapults.
	www.allwoodwings.com /Ships/Military/AircraftCarriers/CV-59,Forrestal,Class.htm (348 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Forrestal (CVA 59)
		Forrestal had been launching aircraft from her flight deck on strikes against an enemy whose coastline was only a few miles over the horizon.
		During the exercise, Forrestal traveled as far north as 62 degrees latitude, 150 miles south of Iceland, encountering seas to 34 feet, winds in excess of 70 knots, and a wind chill factor that drove the temperature as far down as 0 degrees.
		Forrestal's departure for her 20th major deployment was delayed when a fire caused major damage to a primary command and control trunk space.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv59-forrestal/cv59-forrestal.html (3180 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (Im-In) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		She carries a crew of 550 including 50 officers plus 22 air group crew plus 88 others and can carry 400 troops or in overload conditions 1000 troops and in a typical load 400 troops, 15 Main Battle Tanks, seven 3 ton trucks, twenty 0.25 ton trucks and eight landing craft.
		HMS Invincible is a British light aircraft carrier of 20000 tons displacement launched in May 1977 and commissioned in July 1980.
		The role of the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible is to provide a command headquarters for the task group and to support the operations of the short take off and vertical landing aircraft and helicopters.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /R81.HTM (1654 words)

	CV-59 FORRESTAL class - Navy Ships
		Forrestal was the first carrier designed specifically to operate jet aircraft, and included an angled deck which permitted simultaneous takeoffs and landings.
		USS Forrestal was decommissioned on 11 September 1993 in a ceremony at pier 6E at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
		USS Independence (CV 62) was commissioned as a "Forrestal Class" attack aircraft carrier (CVA 62) at the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard, New York, on January 10, 1959.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/cv-59.htm (784 words)

	Kitty Hawk class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Kitty Hawk class supercarriers of the United States Navy were an incremental improvement on the Forrestal-class vessels.
		The biggest differences from the Forrestals are greater length, and a different placement of elevators; two are forward of the island, with a third at the portside stern.
		Kitty Hawk and Constellation were later updated in an SLEP program; but America was scheduled for a few years later than her sisters, at a time of budget cuts, and was decommissioned in 1996.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Kitty_Hawk_class_aircraft_carrier (195 words)

	USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633) -- The Story Of A Cold War Warrior
		The carrying of atomic weapons by naval aircraft further daunted the Soviets as every enemy aircraft carrier and escort aircraft carrier was a weapon of mass destruction.
		A US Navy carrier battle group, centered around an Essex, Midway or Forrestal Class aircraft carrier, with it's bomb magazines loaded with atomic weapons, was now the most powerful military unit on earth.
		The super carrier made it's debut with USS Forrestal and she would be joined by seven more and also by a nuclear powered carrier, the USS Enterprise.
	www.usscasimirpulaski.com /overview.htm (4845 words)

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		The carrier spent the remainder of 1958 in pilot qualification training for Air Group 14 and fleet exercises along the California coast.
		From carrier refresher training for CVW-2, Ranger proceeded to fleet exercise "Moon Festival." From 9 to 16 October, t he carrier and her air wing participated in every aspect of a major fleet combat operation.
		Commander, Carrier Division 3, embarked on 30 November as Commander, TG 77.7; and Ranger departed Subic Bay on 1 December for Yankee Station.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/carriers/cva61.htm (1298 words)

	USN Ships--USS Ranger (CVA/CV-61)
		The Navy was also changing, and in June 1975 Ranger was reclassified from attack aircraft carrier (CVA-61) to general purpose aircraft carrier (CV-61), reflecting the addition of anti-submarine warfare planes and helicopters to her air group.
		Though she was the only one of her four-ship class to not receive the extensive SLEP ("Service Life Extension Program") overhaul during the 1980s, she is also the only one of the four to remain on the Naval Vessel Register.
		Marines and Sailors of the carrier's crew man the rails as she leaves Honolulu, Hawaii, on 10 March 1989, en route to the western Pacific.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-r/cva61.htm (967 words)

	Lexington class aircraft carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Lexington class aircraft carriers were the first operational aircraft carriers in the United States Navy (USS Langley (CV-1) was a strictly developmental ship which only served for a short time as an active fleet unit before being converted to a seaplane tender AV-3).
		The name source for the battlecruisers was famous past ships of the U.S. Navy, which continued to be the name source for aircraft carriers until USS America (CV-66).
		The Lexington class carriers were the largest aircraft carriers in the fleet until the late-war Midway class aircraft carrier, and had the largest hangar decks in the world until the early-50s Forrestal class aircraft carrier.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Lexington-class-aircraft-carriers/Lexington-class-aircraft-carrier.html (258 words)

	Category "Forrestal class aircraft carriers" - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Category "Forrestal class aircraft carriers" - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		For more information, see Forrestal class aircraft carrier
		Category "Forrestal class aircraft carriers", Aircraft carrier classes and Aircraft carriers of the United States.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Category/Forrestal_class_aircraft_carriers (84 words)

	NAVetsUSA Naval History - USS Forrestal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The new carrier returned to Norfolk for Christmas, but on January 23, 1957 she sailed for her first regularly scheduled deployments as a unit of the Sixth Fleet, this time because of civil strife in Lebanon.
		FORRESTAL left the shipyard on August 18 and resumed preparation for her 10th deployment to the Mediterranean for which she departed on September 22, 1972.
		Another "first" was experienced by FORRESTAL when on September 13th she was selected to undergo a Shock Test, a demolition of high explosives near the hull to test whether a ship of capital size could withstand the strain of full close-quarter combat and still remain fully operational.
	home.earthlink.net /~navetsusa/history/forrestal.html (1378 words)

	The Gulf War: Weapons Forrestal Class Aircraft Carriers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Forrestal class aircraft carriers were the first to be designed and built after World War II.
		By 1975 all four carriers were equipped with antisubmarine equipment and aircraft, and redesignated as multipurpose carriers.
		The aircraft carriers were orignally to be decommissioned after their 30 year life span, but each one went through SLEP.
	www.petrik.com /TEACHERS/kids/JVP/TheGulfWar/weapons/carriers.html (131 words)

	CDNN :: Navy Veterans Remember USS Oriskany
		Local U.S. Navy veterans, some of whom were on that 1952 cruise, are remembering the USS Oriskany as she heads for the ocean floor.
		Flying off aircraft carriers 50 years ago in piston-engine airplanes was different than today's high-tech aviation.
		A landing signal officer would direct pilots onto the carrier's deck using flags to tell the pilot if his approach was high or low, when to cut the engine's power or throttle up and fly around to try again.
	www.cdnn.info /industry/i040314/i040314.html (791 words)

	USS Independence (CV 62)
		One of the newest class of "supercarriers" at the time of her commissioning, INDEPENDENCE conducted shakedown training in the Caribbean and arrived her home port Norfolk, June 30, 1959.
		With that distinction, INDY, the first aircraft carrier to hold the honor, is entitled to fly the Revolution-era First Navy Jack, commonly called the 'Don't Tread On Me" flag from her bow.
		An F-18's wheel mount collapsed during a cat shot, the wing tip slamming shut a deck hatch on the legs of a crewman who was taken by a SH-60 helicopter to a hospital in Sydney, Australia.
	navysite.de /cvn/cv62.htm (2134 words)

	CDNN :: After the USS Oriskany? 1,086-ft Navy Aircraft Carrier Up for Grabs
		Two dozen ships - ranging in size from a 437-foot Charles F. Adams class missile cruiser to a 1,086-foot Forrestal class aircraft carrier - will likely be given away this year, said Pat Dolan, deputy director for congressional and Navy public affairs.
		Among the ships that the Navy will reef are: a combat ship that brought provisions to other ships, five missile cruisers, three aircraft carriers, seven destroyers, seven missile ships and an amphibious support ship.
		But that still leaves three aircraft carriers in the Navy's reef program, all of which are Forrestal carriers, which can be up to 1,086 feet long.
	www.cdnn.info /industry/i040229/i040229.html (872 words)

	Shinano class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Laid down as the third Yamato-class battleship, it was decided to complete her as a carrier after the ugly events at Midway.
		Given her size (72,000 tons full load - damn near the size of a 1950's -vintage U.S. Forrestal-class supercarrier) she would have carried a pretty minimal number of planes, some 45-55.
		Because of her prodigious bunkerage and ordnance stowage space, it was intended that she operate as both a carrier and a replenishment vessel.
	www.combinedfleet.com /shinan_c.htm (76 words)

	Haze Gray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Lists
		The World Aircraft Carriers Lists are a comprehensive, detailed listing of all the world's aircraft carriers and seaplane tenders, from the start of naval aviation into the 21st century.
		Every carrier and seaplane tender ever built or planned is listed, with complete technical data, historical sketches and photographs for virtually every ship.
		Aircraft Carrier Historical Data from the Naval Historical Center
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/carriers (979 words)

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