USS Forrestal (CV-59) 1978 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS Forrestal (CV-59) 1978 Long Sleeve Cruise ShirtUSS Forrestal (CV 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. She set the template for every fleet carrier that followed the angled deck, the size, the capability and deployed to the Mediterranean and Atlantic through the Cold War decades as a symbol of American sea power. In July 1967, a catastrophic fire on her flight deck off Vietnam cost the

her crew kept the ship ready

USS America (CVA-66) deployed in 1968

but USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) remained on station in the Gulf of Tonkin

the Pacific Fleet was leaning forward

they were in position

she was part of the industrial and logistical backbone of American sea power at the moment it was called to fight

Less than two years out of commission

USS Forrestal (CVA-59) deployed in 1972-1973

Her air wing flew sorties in support of Operation Inherent Resolve

This sweatshirt commemorates the 1960 cruise — when Forrestal was still a young ship and the supercarrier age was just beginning to reshape American sea power

When North Vietnam launched the Easter Offensive in the spring of 1972

Roosevelt stood watch in the Mediterranean as the nation held its breath

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