USS Forrestal (CVA-59) 1969-70 Cruise Shirt

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USS Forrestal (CVA-59) 1969-70 Cruise ShirtUSS Forrestal (CVA 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. Designated as an attack carrier, she set the template for every fleet carrier that followed the angled deck, the size, the capability and deployed repeatedly to the Mediterranean as one of the most powerful warships in the world. In July 1967, a catastrophic fire on her flight deck

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

America's air wing struck enemy supply lines

yet the world remained far from quiet

she completed the first circumnavigation of the globe by nuclear-powered warships

deployed into this uncertain strategic environment during her 2009 WESTPAC cruise — patrolling the waters of the Western Pacific and maintaining the forward presence that has anchored U

This cruise continued Connie's mission of forward presence and deterrence in the Pacific

the Navy was growing

USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) deployed in 1967-1968 to Yankee Station

keeping the sea lanes free and the message unmistakable

It was the edge of the world

This shirt commemorates the 1972-73 cruise — during the closing years of the Vietnam era

The year was 1989

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