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	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 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.
		Forrestal's departure for her 20th major deployment was delayed when a fire caused major damage to a primary command and control trunk space.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Forrestal (3211 words)

	Encyclopedia: USS Forrestal (CVA-59) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		USS, a typical supercarrier, and HMS Illustrious, a light V/STOL aircraft carrier on a joint patrol.
		USS Inchon (LPH/MCS-12), an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the battle of Inchon, a turning point of the Korean War.
		USS Saratoga (CV-60), the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the American Revolutionary War Battle of Saratoga, was a Forrestal-class supercarrier.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/USS-Forrestal-(CVA_59) (6930 words)

	CVA-59 USS Forrestal
		Forrestal (CVA-59) was launched 11 December 1954 by Newport News Shipbuildingand Drydock Co. Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Mrs.
		Forrestal again brought her imposing presence to the 6th Fleet between28 January 1960 and 31 August visiting the ports usual to a Mediterranean deployment as well as Split, Yugoslavia.
		The Forrestal was stricken from the Navy List 11 Sep 1993; At the Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, R.I., 14 Sept. 1998 on hold as museum donation.
	www.multied.com /navy/CVA59Forrestal.html (461 words)

	CV-59 FORRESTAL class - Navy Ships
		USS Forrestal was decommissioned on 11 September 1993 in a ceremony at pier 6E at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
		USS Forrestal remains moored at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, awaiting final dispostion.
		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)

	USS Forrestal
		On this, as on her succeeding tours of duty in the Mediterranean, Forrestal visited many ports to allow dignitaries and the general public to come aboard and view the tremendous power for peace she represented.
		Forrestal's role during the exercise included protecting a Turkish amphibious task group and working with USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and the French carrier Foch to defend against simulated "enemy" ships and aircraft.
		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.
	home.earthlink.net /~usn17/uss_forrestal.htm (3159 words)

	uss forrestal cva59
		On July 29, 1967 the USS Forrestal was operating on Yankee Station off the coast of North Vietnam.
		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.
		The USS Forrestal would go on to serve the United States for another 26 years during the height of the Cold War and see it through to its demise.
	www.angelfire.com /nc2/yorkshire/page8.html (619 words)

	Welcome to USS Forrestal - CV 59
		As part of the Atlantic Fleet Forrestal made regular deployments to the Mediterranean for a decade.
		Forrestal returned to Atlantic Fleet and continued the deployment cycle to the Mediterranean.
		Forrestal was decommissioned on September 11, 1993.^^br^^^^br^^^^br^^^^br^^Awards: Vietnam Service Medal and three Meritorious Unit Commendations.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageFullText/0,13476,200205,00.html (89 words)

	USS Forrestal Home Page
		The Forrestal was a fine ship to serve aboard, we had many good times and laughed at many of it's short-comings, but I would'nt trade the memories or the time on the ship with the crews (air wing and ships) for anything in the world!!!.
		I was a Chief Operations Specialist on board the USS Forrestal from June 1972 (I tried to report aboard while she was burning along side the pier at Norfolk) until I Retired Feb.1974.
		I served on the USS Forrestal from 1975-1979 in the CR Division.
	www.lancehatfield.com /70s.htm (13264 words)

	USS Forrestal (CVA-59)
		James V Forrestal, widow of Secretary Forrestal; and commissioned 1 October 1955, Captain R. Johnson in command.
		Her guest list during this cruise was headed by United States Secretary of Defense N. McElroy.
		The year ended with Forrestal making advanced preparations for a change of homeport to Pensacola, Florida, and the transition into a new role as the Navy's training carrier, replacing Lexington (AVT-16).
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/u/us/uss_forrestal__cva_59_.html (3059 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Forrestal (CVA 59) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		The day was a typical one for the 5,000 officers and enlisted men of the attack aircraft carrier USS Forrestal as the huge, 80,000-ton ship cut a wake through the calm waters of the Gulf of Tonkin.
		Forrestal was steaming toward a rendezvous with the hospital ship USS Repose (AH 16).
		As Forrestal steamed for Subic Bay, a memorial service was held in Hangar Bay One for the crewmen who had given their lives for their ship and their country.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv59-forrestal/forrestal-fire.html (3053 words)

	ussforrestal
		Forrestal was the first carrier designed specifically to operate jet aircraft, and included an angled deck which permitted simultaneous takeoffs and landings.
		This was the single worst loss of life on a navy vessel since the USS Franklin (CV-13) was bombed in WWII: 134 lost their lives, while an additional 64 were injured.
		In February 1992, the Forrestal changed her homeport from Mayport FL to Pensacola FL to become the US Navy's training carrier for naval aviators and support personnel.
	www.modelshipbuilding.com /ussforrestal.htm (833 words)

	Virtual Wall - USS FORRESTAL CVA-59 29 July 1967
		When placed in commission on 01 October 1955, USS FORRESTAL was the first of the "super-carriers" and the largest warship ever constructed.
		FORRESTAL was home-ported on the East Coast and spent the first twelve years of her commissioned life serving with the 2nd and 6th Fleets.
		FORRESTAL arrived on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin on 25 July and immediately began combat operations.
	www.virtualwall.org /units/forrestal.htm (801 words)

	USN Ships--USS Forrestal (CVA/CV/AVT-59)
		USS Forrestal, lead ship of a class of 56,000 ton aircraft carriers, was built at Newport News, Virginia.
		Forrestal was repaired in time to begin her eighth Mediterranean tour in mid-1968.
		USS Forrestal was decommissioned in September 1993 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-f/cva59.htm (1043 words)

	Remembering USS Forrestal's Valor Under Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		A bell rang 134 times Monday on the east knoll of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, each peal in memory of a sailor who died aboard the USS Forrestal 35 years ago.
		The aircraft carrier was in the Gulf of Tonkin on July 29, 1967, preparing to launch combat missions into Vietnam, when a jet accidentally fired a rocket across the flight deck.
		Beling, 83, an Arlington resident who uses a wheelchair, read aloud a prayer, the same one he read to the Forrestal sailors 35 years ago: "We thank you for the courage of those who gave their lives in saving their shipmates today.
	www.diodon349.com /History/remembering_uss_forrestals_valor.htm (365 words)

	NAVetsUSA Naval History - USS Forrestal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		FORRESTAL returned from the Mediterranean on July 2, 1971, and entered the shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, on July 16 for a ten month overhaul.
		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 Tragedy Remembered
		NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- The thirty-seventh anniversary of the USS Forrestal (CVA 59) tragedy was remembered at the Farrier Fire Fighting School in Norfolk, Va., Aug. 2.
		July 29, 1967, the attack aircraft carrier Forrestal was conducting wartime flight operations in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam conflict.
		After four days of successful air operations, the crew of Forrestal was abruptly forced to move its attention from the foreign conflict to fighting a massive flight deck fire.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=14546 (351 words)

	USN Ships--USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34)
		USS Oriskany, a 27,100 ton Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier, was built at the New York Navy Yard.
		Though she was launched in October 1945, construction was suspended in August 1947 and she was completed to a revised design that was also used in modernizing several other ships of the Essex and Ticonderoga classes.
		Oriskany was repaired in the U.S., returned to the war zone in mid-1967 and rendered assistance to USS Forrestal when that carrier also suffered a major fire.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-o/cv34.htm (1089 words)

	USS Forrestal Visits UK Shores
		The USS Forrestal entered service with the Atlantic Fleet in 1956.
		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.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /nigel.sadler1/forrestal_visits_uk_shores.htm (590 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Sailors to the End: The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		The sad tale of the men of the Forrestal is a model of narrative clarity and honest reporting.
		The tragic events that occurred on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in July 1967, while the ship's crew was preparing for an air strike against North Vietnam, ranks high with other naval disasters at sea.
		My father was a witness to the Forrestal disaster July 29, 1967, so I was familiar with the event long before this book was written.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0060507306 (1320 words)

	USS Forrestal Memorial - Arlington National Cemetery
		Most tragic was the loss to the crew, 134 had lost their lives, while an additional 64 were injured, this was and still remains the single worst loss of life on a navy vessel since the USS Franklin (CV-13) was bombed in WWII.
		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.
		She and her crew were always ready to go into battle again, the call never came, she served in war for 4 1/2 days but served to ensure peace for over 13,860.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /ussforr.htm (522 words)

	USS Forrestal (CV 59) Model#1
		This 1:200 scale model of the USS FORRESTAL was constructed by Peter Oho from Pirmasens, Germany.
		It shows the carrier in its post-commissioning condition with some additional equipment for example a fourth rudder although the FORRESTAL was just commissioned with three rudders (the third one was later welded into place as part of the keel).
		But if you carefully watch the pictures you'll find all the nice little details like the 120 sailors working on the flight deck and on the island.
	navysite.de /cvn/cv59-mod1.htm (140 words)

	A War Novel - Victory at Sea, Air Combat, the USS Ronald Reagan, Women in Combat and a Cold War History by a Naval ...
		The centerpiece of a massive naval build-up in the region is the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and one of its embarked air combat F-27C stealth Phantom III fighter squadrons, the Red Rippers.
		Driving this war novel of victory at sea is the concentration of U.S. sea power to counter the aggressiveness of a powerful military alliance of Iran, Saudi Arabia and Iraq in a quest to control the riches of the vast Caspian Sea oil reserves.
		This is a war novel of our nation’s best young men and women in combat and on the deck plates doing the tough job at sea, with constant sacrifice, heroism, honor and patriotism after ten months of enormous tension and stress.
	www.peterbbooth.com (398 words)

	RVAH-11 on the USS Forrestal
		RVAH-11 was part of Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) and we were to deploy aboard USS Forrestal (CVA-59).
		In June 1967 we departed for Vietnam via Rio de Janeiro, around South Africa (the Suez Canal was closed), and Subic Bay in the Philippines.
		USS Forrestal (CVA-59) limped back to Subic Bay and temporary repairs were made to get us back to Norfolk, Virginia.
	www.yellowairplane.com /pics/Viewers_Pages/Brad_Jones_46.html (219 words)

	USS Saratoga Museum Foundation, Inc. - Related Links; Saratoga/Quonset Point on the Web
		USS Forrestal Museum, Inc. - the Baltimore, MD organization.
		USS Forrestal SeaAirSpace Museum, Inc. - the Tampa, FL organization.
		USS Forrestal Naval Museum, Inc. - the Bensalem, PA organization.
	www.saratogamuseum.org /links.html (671 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Remembering USS Forrestal's 'Valor Under Fire'
		Kevin B. Kuklok, an assistant deputy commandant of the Corps, during a sunset parade July 23 at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington.
		It all stems from a father's promise that the sacrifice of his son and 16 others aboard the USS Cole would not be forgotten.
		John Clodfelter, whose son Kenneth was killed in the October 2000 terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, led a petition drive that resulted in legislative approval of commemorative Virginia license plates honoring the victims of the attack on the Norfolk-based ship.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A26116-2002Jul31?language=printer (1044 words)

	USS Forrestal
		American aircraft carrier USS Forrestal prepares to launch F14 Tomcats during Operation Provide Comfort.
		Naval art print USS Forrestal by naval artist Ivan Berryman.
		USS Forrestal in preparation to launch an F14 Tomcat while in the Mediterranean, 1991, on her 21st and final operational deployment.
	www.american-art-prints.com /uss_forrestal.htm (560 words)

	Sailors To The End: The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It
		Sailors To The End: The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It Sailors To The End
		Sailors To The End examines the tragedy aboard the USS Forrestal during the Vietnam era.
		The book starts as the USS Forrestal leaves Norfolk, Virginia on the way to her first deployment.
	www.fogg.cc /reviews/books/breview124.htm (317 words)

	Sailors To The End (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Sailors to the End, Gregory A. Freeman, Greg Freeman, Forrestal, USS Forrestal, John McCain, John MacCain, Forrestall, Forestall, Forestal, aircraft carrier, carrier fire, ship fire, Navy, Vietnam, July 29, Tonkin Gulf, Lay This Body Down
		Sailors to the End Forrestal Forrestall Forestal Forestall aircraft carrier fire Vietnam CV 59 CV-59 CV59 CVA 59 CVA-59 CVA59 John McCain fire veterans
		I will never forget that day, not simply because it was one of the worst accidents in the history of the Navy, but because thousands struggled for days, and 134 men perished, to save the ship and all aboard, including me. Their heroism is memorialized in this riveting account of the
	www.sailorstotheend.com (315 words)

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