USS Forrestal (CV-59) 1989-90 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS Forrestal (CV-59) 1989-90 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

her crew kept the ship ready

maintaining the forward presence and combat readiness that would be tested to the breaking point in the months ahead

heading to the Red Sea as the world's largest military coalition assembled

ready at a moment's notice to support whatever operations the situation demanded

USS Coral Sea (CV-43) was among the most senior carriers in the fleet — a Midway-class warship still pulling her full weight decades after her peers had been decommissioned

Less than two years after her commissioning

'Connie' was at sea — and she answered the call

the Soviet Pacific Fleet was never far away

every American at sea understood that the mission had changed — perhaps forever

powerful presence during the most consequential years of the Cold War

but Afghanistan was heating up as President Obama announced a new surge of 30

While fireworks lit up the sky back home

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