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    USS Forrestal (CVA-59) (later CV-59, then AVT-59), was a supercarrier named after the first United States Secretary of Defense James Forrestal. Commissioned...
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    Design History. Naval Institute Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-87021-739-9. "CV-59 Forrestal Class". globalsecurity.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016...
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    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...
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    The fifth USS Independence (CV/CVA-62) was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She was the fourth and final member of the Forrestal class of...
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  • conflict. Source: USS Independence CV-62 USS Jouett CG-29 USS Antietam CG-54 USS Goldborough DDG-20 USS Reasoner FF-1063 USS Brewton FF-1086 USS Barbey FF-1088...
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    Wing Six embarked on USS Forrestal (CV-59) during Operation Earnest Will: Carrier Air Wing Six embarked on USS Forrestal (CV-59) during Operation Provide...
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    The seventh USS Ranger (CV/CVA-61) was the third of four Forrestal-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. Although all four...
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    James V. Forrestal (1892–1949), who understood the significance of the events and sought to act honorably amid treachery." USS Forrestal (CV-59) Frank Olson...
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    CVN (Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Propulsion)). Beginning with the Forrestal class, (CV-59 to present) all carriers commissioned into service are classified...
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    decks of the carriers USS Forrestal (CV-59), USS America (CV-66), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), USS Saratoga (CV-60) and USS Enterprise (CVN-65). He...
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