USS Forrestal (CV-59) 1982 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS Forrestal (CV-59) 1982 Cruise SweatshirtUSS 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

alliances in Asia for decades

the United Nations authorized intervention

keeping the Aegis watch and maintaining combat readiness through another demanding year at sea

When terrorists struck on September 11

Decades of Cold War resolve

This sweatshirt commemorates the 1975 cruise — the year the attack carrier designation CVA was retired across the fleet

USS Constellation (CVA-64) and her crew stood watch through the final chapter of a long and costly conflict

USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) deployed in 1967-1968 to Yankee Station

USS Constellation (CV-64) deployed in 1981-1982

Iran seized American hostages

a steel-hulled reminder that America's reach was long and her resolve unbroken

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