Forrestal class

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United States Navy ship class aircraft carrier class

The Forrestal class was a group of pioneering U.S. Navy supercarriers introduced in the 1950s that set the standard for modern aircraft carrier design and operations.

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Label Occurrences
Forrestal class canonical 2
Forrestal-class aircraft carrier 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy ship class ⓘ
aircraft carrier class ⓘ
aircraftCapacity approximately 70–90 aircraft ⓘ
catapultType steam catapult ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
designedBy United States Navy Bureau of Ships ⓘ
surface form: Bureau of Ships (U.S. Navy)
designedDisplacementCategory supercarrier ⓘ
designedFor jet aircraft operations ⓘ
displacementFullLoad approximately 80000 long tons ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
firstCommissioningYear 1955 ⓘ
firstShipCommissioned USS Forrestal (CV-59) ⓘ
flag Ensign of the United States Navy ⓘ
surface form: United States Navy ensign
flightDeckType angled deck ⓘ
hasMember USS Forrestal (CV-59) ⓘ
USS Independence (CV-62) ⓘ
USS Ranger (CV-61) ⓘ
USS Saratoga (CV-60) ⓘ
homeportCountry United States of America ⓘ
hullMaterial steel ⓘ
introducedInDecade 1950s ⓘ
lastShipDecommissioned USS Independence (CV-62) ⓘ
navalArchitectureSignificance first U.S. supercarrier class built from the keel up for jet operations ⓘ
notableFeature angled flight deck ⓘ
deck-edge aircraft elevators ⓘ
hurricane bow ⓘ
steam catapults ⓘ
numberOfShips 4 ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
powerplant steam boilers and geared turbines ⓘ
precededBy Midway-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
primaryRole attack aircraft carrier ⓘ
fleet air defense ⓘ
propulsion conventional steam turbine ⓘ
serviceBranch United States Navy ⓘ
shipType supercarrier ⓘ
standardFor modern aircraft carrier design ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
succeededBy Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
typicalAircraft A-4 Skyhawk ⓘ
A-6 Intruder ⓘ
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye ⓘ
surface form: E-2 Hawkeye

Grumman F-14 Tomcat ⓘ
surface form: F-14 Tomcat

McDonnell F-4 Phantom II ⓘ
surface form: F-4 Phantom II

Lockheed S-3 Viking ⓘ
surface form: S-3 Viking
usedInConflict Cold War naval operations ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

USS Forrestal (CV-59) → shipClass → Forrestal class ⓘ
CV-59 → class → Forrestal class ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Forrestal
Midway-class aircraft carrier → succeededBy → Forrestal class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
USS Independence (CV-62) → partOf → Forrestal class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Forrestal-class aircraft carrier