Forrestal (CVA 59) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE FCRRESTAL STORY The FORRESTAL story began long before the ship herself was laid down. ln the closing months of World War ll, Admiral Mark Mits- cher made the first recorded suggestion for a carrier with the general characteristics of the FORRESTAL class. On July 12, 1951, the Navy announced that the Newport News Shipbuilding andtDry Dock Company had been awarded a contract to build CVA 59. The keel was laid on July 14, 1952, and less than 30 months later FORRESTAL was launched. - n Commissioning ceremonies were held Oct- ober 1, 1955, at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. On the same day, Captain Roy L. Johnson be- came the first commanding officer. 1 J During her first eleven years FORRESTAL rated with the Sixth-Fleet in the Mediter- was called on short notice to 'bolster U.S. forces in Europe: once during theA'Suez crisis, ini Nov. 1956, -and then again infJuly 11958 .during the Lebanon, crisis. g - J June 1967 FORRESTAL departed Nbr . .Inn J ga. -s- foik for her irst combatfcmise in the-nwestem Pacific, as a member of-thep1J.S,. 0Pe . e . , i ranean and off the U,.S.. east coast. Twice she, rrqolu . J FORRESTAL deployed for the Nlediterran- ean in July 1968. With air Wing 17 embark- ed, she recorded the longest CVA deployment in the Sixth Fleet - more than nine months. Upon returning to Norfolk in April 1969, the ship's engineering spaces were overhauled for three months. FORBESTAL deployed for X118 Mediterranean in December 1969 for her eighth Sixth Fleet deployment which she pleted on July 8, 1970. o FORRESTAL currently holds the coveted Battle Efficiency E award presented. by the commander, Naval Air. us. ,Anemia t on Jury.-2, 1971iEORBESTA her nineth Meifiaenganean cruise. 5 ,A tragic fire on day of combat 1 'S 'ons brou ht FORRESTAUS partfinftie operati y g y war -to an endjlfhe conflagration ki ed 134, ' men and sent FORRESTAL' backpto 'Norfoik' A for repairs. . J g, ,j A a 5 n' --n- . n 1-nr.-sr.. - .fr ,..... ' ff--T nffn fag. L I f 5 1.4 ' -egiifl - gE' 1'a': 'J' , . 4, - 1- -ff ' f' ' 2 K 13335- .E 1 ' . ns .5 . ,.--.-- ,.- .., R i4-Ri-- N Y - 1 1

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