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USS Forrestal (CV-59) 1975 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

Flying through monsoon conditions and heavy defenses

and they did so with professionalism

1969 is a date forever seared into Enterprise's history

The crew who made the 1992 cruise understood that peace requires presence

She simultaneously supported ongoing combat operations in Afghanistan — a testament to the range and endurance of carrier-based air power

USS Constellation (CVA-64) deployed in 1967

Her final Mediterranean deployment closed out thirty-one years of service with the same professionalism that had defined CV-66 from the day she was commissioned

The 600-ship fleet was coming

USS America (CVA-66) deployed in 1965-1966

and precision strikes

USS Constellation (CV-64) deployed in 1987 to the Persian Gulf

The crew who wore this cruise shirt served at a pivotal moment in American military history

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