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

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

Commissioned on Independence Day 1991 and named for the Navy's most celebrated destroyer commander

one of the founding generation of American sea officers

the Cold War had just ended — and a new one was beginning

USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) deployed in 1969-1970 to Yankee Station

This cruise sweatshirt honors those who served aboard her during this pivotal era

but the crew of CVA-66 flew with the same professional grit that defined the ship from her first deployment in 1965

The rise of the Islamic State across Iraq and Syria demanded a sustained military response

her air wing supporting Operation Southern Watch and projecting American power across a region that demanded a steady hand

This 1990-91 sweatshirt commemorates one of the most significant combat actions in modern Naval history and honors every sailor who served aboard USS Bunker Hill during Desert Storm

as the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the edge and Forrestal stood ready in the Atlantic as the Navy's answer to whatever came next

represent American sea power abroad

and commissioned in 1968

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