USS Forrestal (CV-59) 1986 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS Forrestal (CV-59) 1986 Cruise SweatshirtUSS 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

the name Arleigh Burke stands with honor

The Tet Offensive in January upended American assumptions about the war in Vietnam

USS Forrestal (CVA-59) deployed in 1965-1966

forces committed to what would become a decade-long effort

and every day at sea reinforced the deterrent message that had kept the peace since the Cold War began

and the United States Navy stood watch to keep it open

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powerful presence during the most consequential years of the Cold War

USS Anzio (CG-68) stood watch as history turned

Cold War vigilance at its finest

before the world fully understood what was coming