USS Forrestal (CV-59) 1979-80 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS Forrestal (CV-59) 1979-80 Long Sleeve Cruise ShirtUSS 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

and stores to carrier battle groups and surface combatants

Lincoln's crew brought the same professionalism and dedication that has defined the ship since her commissioning

One of the most recognizable names and crests in naval aviation

Those who served this deployment did so with courage and professionalism under sustained combat conditions

and Operation Desert Storm before decommissioning in 1992

stood watches

Nassau was a key asset in the amphibious ready group prepared for a possible beach assault against Iraqi forces in Kuwait

demonstrating American resolve in the Pacific theater during one of the era's most volatile periods

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

the Coalition campaign that liberated Kuwait from Iraqi occupation

proud and steady through the whole deployment

In 1968-69