Forrestal (CVA 59) - Naval Cruise Book

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TABLE OF CONTENTS BATTLE FORCE SIXTH FLEET USS FORRESTAL CHAIN OF COMMAND AIR DEPARTMENT ADMIN DEPARTMENT H.. 3- .--. U, .4 41.-. ff. 'W fm. vw, 5 -q rw m wyffx r ff VII nm ffm 411 555421 yjfifvxz? .,-,- fc. .,.1z,,.. ., V- Y- 1-,J f,.fg.f,,1 ,. :M ,+I ,ls W X 5 fe -, M wg- g, A 1,1 w, ,,n.,. 4. ,bw :1.f?-vii ghd: gnf -iw' ll 'Q 2+ ,W-rm ?,'f'J1P' 1. 32 m.fp1J vs rf Lf- I ,Q -4 ,Q M -1, ,mc ni -S234 ,561 MQ- 'If' ru 5Wt,5,:2f gy H32 :Q 23351 5? LU 5fUzffE:sAmsJQ.fau?fai Q-Aww, A ,LL MLHVJMQ JSQ mmww v as wma Sf X SAFETY DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT DECK DEPARTMENT NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT TRAINING DEPARTMENT CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT 5 WEAPONS DEPARTMENT AIRCRAFT INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT MEDICAL DEPARTMENT DENTAL DEPARTMENT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT mm 5 SUPPLY DEPARTMENT I CARRIER AIR WING SEVENTEEN FIGHTER SQUADRON SEVENTY-FOUR ELECTRONIC WARFARE SQUADRON ONE THIRTY ATTACK SQUADRON EIGHTY-FIVE MARINE FIGHTERIATTACK SQUADRON ONE FIFTEEN mm AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING SQUADRON ONE TWENTY-FIVE ,ora EF If if gf-25911 4-VPS: ff mv we ww, we was :ffm mm ww J ' ' '3 4' H ,ff wiv- 4 1 . :ff n , Q:-7 A' ffv Y 'L km iisf Q 2:19 5439 Q im fem 5563 612557 iam AIR ANTISUBMARINE SQUADRON THIRTY ?f 'Efj,o75h Q35 ,EE 51 ,E W -5' 5.3 3 '3V?'3'iY5 2 f!?5Z- Wm E 'GV f' he , c, cf lx .If yb.: -Mgf? 11 -4 X gym' iw' ATTACK SQUADRON EIGHTY-ONE ATTACK SQUADRON EIGHTY-THREE HELICOPTER ANTISUBMARINE SQUADRON THREE .r?i?4 513 fl? .5253 -7727 7575 F18 FF 23 if 9.53 5 fiilkjk I-T55 ffm 57 fjga 5-Tk WTA 534,13 '-3, rrr'3Lf:f If-A ,A r 3ggf.f,f,i5 ,rr 5131: 5 :jr Lex:-:Ja 'gm,,,5' ,Q -LJ yy Q13 5:7-. gli was 1? :Q ,I 'mf H u- :5 ,f if. ,Q Kg,-I c 1,3134-: If- 54.,..' Cv :ff Lf :J ca iw JU:f:7 fLi A L W:-fix? Li M .Ig isa: Vj,gyQ Qg 55-ff' CRUISEBOOK STAFF IN MEMORIUM 1 0 1 8 26 44 56 62 64 69 78 81 84 88 95 1 1 2 1 27 1 46 1 50 1 52 1 61 1 84 1 9 1 208 21 2 224 232 241 250 264 27 1 280 282 296 300 31 4 326 334 343 344 2 I

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HISTORY of USS FORRESTAL For more than a quarter of a century, the aircraft carrier Forrestal has traveled the oceans of the world. Her beginning marked a new era in the evo- lution of aircraft carriers and Naval Aviation. Throughout the years and on this deployment, her 16th to the Mediterranean, her crew has continued to meet every challenge - even some that her designers could not have forseen. During the years following World War ll, the need for an aircraft carrier larger than the Midway Class became increasingly apparent. Advances in avi- ation, particularly in jet aircraft, could be exploited fully only by the construction of a larger and heavier carrier. In July, 1951, the Navy announced a contract had been awarded to build a 60,000-ton, 1,039- foot carrier that would be designated CVB-59. The keel for the new ship was laid in July 1952. Less than 30 months later the first of the so-called super carriers was launched. Mrs. James V. Forrestal, widow of the first Secretary of Defense,