USS Forrestal (CVA-59) 1968-69 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS Forrestal (CVA-59) 1968-69 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

"Connie" patrolled the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf

as Forrestal patrolled the Mediterranean and the Cold War settled into its long steady watch

The 1997 cruise took USS Cape St

and Anzio's sailors stood it with distinction

The crew of USS America spent 1990-91 at the center of the most significant American military operation since Vietnam

she has served as one of the Pacific Fleet's premier power-projection platforms

The battles of Fallujah — ferocious urban combat unlike anything seen since Vietnam — defined the year in Iraq

signed in January of that year

Antietam and her crew met that challenge — steady

In 1978-79

USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) departed Norfolk as the flagship of Task Force 1 — Operation Sea Orbit

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