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	Lexington class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lexington class aircraft carriers were the first operational aircraft carriers in the United States Navy (USS Langley 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 ships were laid down and partly built as battlecruisers before being converted to carriers while under construction.
		The Lexington class carriers were the largest aircraft carriers in the fleet until the late-war Midway-class carriers, and had the largest hangar decks in the world until the early-50s Forrestal-class supercarriers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lexington_class_aircraft_carrier (492 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)

	CV-59 FORRESTAL class
		Forrestal was the first carrier designed specifically to operate jet aircraft, and included an angled deck which permitted simultaneous takeoffs and landings.
		The overhaul was discontinued in March 1993 when the Forrestal was designated for decommissioning in response to the decision to accelerate the closure of the Pennsylvania Naval Shipyard.
		USS Forrestal was decommissioned on 11 September 1993 in a ceremony at pier 6E at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/cv-59.htm (1435 words)

	Air Power:The Aircraft Carrier
		And because of the demands of carrier flight, which include violent landings that are essentially crashes onto the deck, carrier airplane frames are stronger than frames on other planes.
		And when the USS Maddox, a destroyer on electronic intelligence patrol in the Tonkin Gulf off Vietnam in August 1964, was attacked by three Communist patrol boats, the USS Ticonderoga and Constellation arrived in the area within days, and their jets launched bombing raids against North Vietnamese patrol boat bases and an oil storage depot.
		And because, by international law, aircraft carriers are sovereign U.S. territory when in international waters, they eliminate the need for the United States to gain permission from a host nation to position planes or troops on their territory.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Air_Power/carriers/AP39.htm (1463 words)

	USS Forrestal Visits UK Shores
		Forrestal covered the evacuation of foreign nationals from the Lebanon during the 1958 Lebanese civil war, and later made one combat deployment to South-East Asia.
		Forrestal is no longer an operational carrier, having been designated the US Navy's training carrier from 1992.
		I have vivid memories of graphing some interesting images as rain poured off the deck of the carrier it was a pleasure to view this awesome beast for what could prove to be the last time as she was due to be retired.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /nigel.sadler1/forrestal_visits_uk_shores.htm (590 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)

	NAVetsUSA Naval History - USS Forrestal
		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)

	USS Forrestal (CV 59)
		USS FORRESTAL's two anchors are now part of the USS JOHN C. (CVN 74) and the FORRESTAL's four propellers became part of the USS JOHN F. (CV 67) during its overhaul from 1993 to 1995.
		Forrestal has at least one high school, the building that houses the Department of Energy in Washington, D. C., a corporate research park at Princeton University, and a lecture series at the U. Naval Academy named for him as well.
		FORRESTAL would spend seven months in the yards being repaired, she was re-built from the hanger up and forward to aircraft elevator number four, this accounts for about 1/5 the ships length and 5 decks.
	navysite.de /cvn/cv59.htm (3501 words)

	Carrier Group FIVE
		Carrier Groups are lead by an aircraft carrier and include an airwing and a small contingent of cruisers to act as carrier escorts.
		The 4,800 Sailors of Kitty Hawk and Carrier Air Wing FIVE (CVW-5) maintained an ambitious underway schedule, conducting 3,146 aircraft landings on the carrier’s flight deck, demonstrating their abilities for various inspection teams, and exercising with the militaries of Thailand and Singapore.
		However, the number depended on the size and class of the carriers, which varied from the large-deck 65,000-ton Forrestal-class ships to the 27,000-ton, World War II Essex-class ships.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cargru5.htm (1304 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)

	History of Ships and Navies/CVA-61 USS Ranger
		The carrier spent the remainder of 1958 in pilot qualification trainingfor Air Group 14 and fleet exercises along the California coast.
		Attack Carrier AirWing 2 (CVW-2) embarked on 15 September 1967, with the new Corsair II jetattack plane and the UH-2C Seasprite turboprop rescue helicopter, makingRanger the first carrier to deploy with these powerful new aircraft.
		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.multied.com /Navy/CVA-61Ranger.html (1170 words)

	USN Ships--USS Ranger (CVA/CV-61)
		USS Ranger, a 56,300-ton Forrestal class aircraft carrier built at Newport News, Virginia, was commissioned in August 1957.
		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)

	Dawn of the Super Carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Forrestal-class carriers joined the fleet in October 1955, with the commissioning of the USS Forrestal (CV-59).
		These carriers weighed in at an astonishing 79,000 tons, were 1,047 feet long and carried over 60 planes.
		The Independence is the only active carrier of the class and is the only U.S. carrier "forward deployed" in her homeport of Yokosuka, Japan.
	iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/students/millerj/Dawn.htm (912 words)

	History of ships named Saratoga
		She carried an air-wing of eighty plus aircraft, and had a crew of over 3000.
		She carried a full assortment of aircraft giving her an arsenal that none rivaled in her time.
		She was the first ship originally designed as one class, to later be refitted and recommssioned as another.
	members.aol.com /admrdrake/hist.htm (827 words)

	MODULE 2—CARRIER BATTLEGROUP & Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) PLATFORMS AND MISSIONS
		As will be discussed forthwith, the embarked carrier air wing employs a diverse mix of offensive and defensive aircraft capable of carrying out intense and sustained combat operations against targets ashore and on the sea.
		The Nimitz class nuclear powered aircraft carrier is the largest, most powerful, capable aircraft carrier class in the world.
		These ships are larger than those of the Forrestal class and have two elevators forward of the island structure and portside elevator on the stern quarter rather than at the forward end of the angled flight deck.
	www.fas.org /irp/doddir/navy/rfs/part02.htm (3204 words)

	PH-3 Jack Lever - USS RANGER CVA-61
		The USS Ranger CVA-61 was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel to carry this proud name.
		Her keel was laid on August 2nd 1954 at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. in Newport News, Virginia.
		Arthur Radford, wife of Admiral Radford, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and commissioned at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard August 10th 1957 with Capt. Charles T. Booth II at the helm.
	www.compoa.com /ranger.htm (364 words)

	World Aircraft Carriers List: US Supercarriers
		Despite their smaller size, these ships were able to carry out the same mission as CVA 58 because of advances in carrier design, and rapid advances in aircraft and nuclear weapons technology which reduced the size of nuclear strike aircraft.
		The large sponsons carrying the forward guns were found to be a problem in high seas and were removed from most ships.
		The major improvements were elimination of the forward guns and sponsons, replacement of the aft guns with Terrier missile launchers, relocation of the port side elevator from forward to aft, and rearrangement of the starboard side elevators.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/carriers/us_super.htm (3321 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.
		On January 23, 1998, the 39-year-old FORRESTAL class aircraft carrier got underway for the Arabian Gulf.
		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 (2148 words)

	USS Ranger Museum Foundation
		The seventh Ranger (CVA-61), a Forrestal class aircraft carrier, was laid down 2 August 1954 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched 29 September 1956; sponsored by Mrs.
		With Carrier Air Group 9 embarked, she departed Alameda 6 February 1960 for a second WestPac deployment and returned to Alameda 30 August.
		Attack Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) embarked on 15 September 1967, with the new Corsair II jet attack plane and the UH-2C Seasprite turboprop rescue helicopter, making Ranger the first carrier to deploy with these powerful new aircraft.
	www.ussrangercv61.org /danfs.htm (1301 words)

	Shinano class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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)

	Second U.S. carrier battle group reportedly being sent to Taiwan
		Citing U.S. officials, it said the Pentagon would announce Monday that the nuclear-powered carrier Nimitz and five or six support ships would arrive from the Persian Gulf a few days before Taiwan's March 23 presidential vote.
		Asked to confirm whether an additional battle group was being sent, the White House said late Sunday night that it had nothing to add to what administration officials had said on Sunday about U.S. moves off Taiwan.
		The Independence is a Forrestal-class carrier of a type that typically carries 70 to 80 aircraft and 4,500 service personnel.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/page1/96/03/11/china.html (668 words)

	Neptunus Lex - Midway comes to San Diego
		The thing that struck me was how very small she was, compared to USS LAST SHIP, which in turn was small in comparison to the NIMITZ class ships that make up the bulk of the carrier force these days.
		Being a small carrier (45,000 tons, as opposed to 80k on my ship, and around 100k on the NIMITZ class), she tended to bob around in heavy seas a bit more than was thought proper for a lady.
		One of the things I liked about the older carriers were the names they carried - they evoked famous battles fought and won, or were the names of brave ships from an earlier era recycled to the new age.
	homepage.mac.com /lexl/iblog/C744401703/E55225360 (925 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.
		Unlike the sinking program, ships that become reefs will be closer to shore, and there's more preparation work done to the ship to keep divers safe and to make sure it's a suitable habitat for fish, Dolan said.
		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)

	Caller.com: Local News
		The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department will pursue one of the two CV 59 Forrestal Class aircraft carriers on the block for reefing, said Paul Hammerschmidt, who oversees the state's artificial reefing program.
		If Texas is successful in getting the Navy to award a Forrestal Class aircraft carrier, it likely will be sunk about 30 miles offshore of Corpus Christi in about 210 feet of water.
		A Forrestal Class carrier is 1,067-feet long and weighs 59,468 tons.
	www.caller.com /ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_3412250,00.html (352 words)

	Carrier Page
		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.
		The Nimitz-class carriers, seven operational and two under construction, are the largest warships in the world.
	www.a3skywarrior.com /usn.html (413 words)

	Carol Mullenax's Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		He was an indoor cat, so he must have either carried the disease since birth or obtained it at a grooming session later on.
		If he carried it since birth, it seems amazing to me that he had no symptoms whatsoever until the last six months of his life.
		At the end, his body was so riddled with tumors that one impinged on his spinal cord and he lost the ability to use his hind legs.
	studentweb.tulane.edu /~cmullen (1648 words)

	Vulture's Row: The CV Guide
		During Desert Storm she was undergoing a three-year overhaul on the East Coast, but she soon returned to San Diego and has since deployed to the Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH.
		The Big E was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and has seen a long and distinguished career in both fleets.
		The formal "reserve" designation, however, does not appear to have been followed by any corresponding reduction in her previous operational commitments, and it is rumored that she will be reclassified as active.
	www.webcom.com /~amraam/cvguide.html (1421 words)

	CV-61 USS Ranger
		The seventh Ranger(CVA 61), a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, was laid down 2 August 1954 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.,Newport News, Va.; launched 29 September 1956; sponsored by Mrs.
		She conducted air operations, individualship exercises, and final acceptance trials along the eastern seaboard and in the Caribbean Sea until 20 June 1958.
		On 12 July 1976, Ranger and her escort ships of Task Force 77.7 entered the Indian Ocean and were assigned to operate off the coast of Kenya in response to a threat of military action in Kenya by Ugandan forces.
	www.multied.com /navy/Cva61Ranger.html (2046 words)

	USS Saratoga Museum Foundation, Inc. - Project Summary
		The resulting complex (including Quonset Air Museum) would be the only attraction in the world featuring an aircraft carrier and an aviation museum adjacent to an active, 8000 foot runway which is available for aviation events.
		This critical mass would include towing and mooring the carrier and preparing key spaces (such as the bridge, flight deck and hangar deck) for public viewing.
		Additional thousands of veterans from the WWII carrier Saratoga (CV-3) are also involved with saving this ship as a museum.
	www.saratogamuseum.org /summary.html (1141 words)

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