USS Forrestal (CVA-59) 1960 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS Forrestal (CVA-59) 1960 Long Sleeve 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

airpower in Southeast Asia

where NATO forces remained committed to stabilizing a post-war Bosnia and deterring further conflict in the Balkans

Johnson called it "the most powerful force ever to cruise the world's oceans

the region was in chaos

and you held it

The men and women who served on this deployment carried the grief of a wounded nation into battle

This sweatshirt commemorates the 1960 cruise — when Forrestal was still a young ship and the supercarrier age was just beginning to reshape American sea power

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

This 2001 cruise sweatshirt marks the deployment that defined a generation: the moment the Navy answered the nation's call with fire

The year was 1989

USS Anzio (CG-68) deployed in 2004 to the Persian Gulf

The 2000 cruise was the calm before the storm

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