USS Forrestal (CVA-59) 1969-70 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS Forrestal (CVA-59) 1969-70 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

and the coalition faced its gravest test since the invasion

the Beirut barracks bombing shook the entire force

but the crew of CVA-66 proved that American airpower was still the decisive factor

Pre-shrunk fabric

This is the shirt of her last crew

On October 12

The Mediterranean in 1984 was no backwater — it was a Cold War front line

she was part of the industrial and logistical backbone of American sea power at the moment it was called to fight

Wear this as a badge of honor

the Cold War's end had not brought the peace dividend many had hoped for

and commissioned in 1968

The 1973 cruise came in the shadow of the Paris Peace Accords