CV-59

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Forrestal-class aircraft carrier aircraft carrier aircraft carrier class hull classification symbol pennant number person supercarrier

CV-59 is the hull classification and pennant number of USS Forrestal, the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Forrestal-class supercarriers and one of the first supercarriers ever built.

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Label	Occurrences
CV-59 canonical	3

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ aircraft carrier class ⓘ hull classification symbol ⓘ pennant number ⓘ person ⓘ supercarrier ⓘ
airWingCapacity	70–90 aircraft ⓘ
builder	Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ
callSign	Forrestal ⓘ
catapultType	steam catapult ⓘ
class	Forrestal class ⓘ
commissionedDate	1955-10-01 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement	approximately 5000 ⓘ
decommissionedDate	1993-09-11 ⓘ
displacement	approximately 60000 tons ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
flag	Flag of the United States ⓘ
flightDeckType	angled flight deck ⓘ
followedBy	Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
homeport	Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ
hullNumber	CV-59 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
identifies	USS Forrestal (CV-59) ⓘ surface form: USS Forrestal
IMO	not applicable (naval vessel) ⓘ
laidDownDate	1952-07-14 ⓘ
launchDate	1954-12-11 ⓘ
length	325 meters ⓘ
locationOfScrapping	Brownsville ⓘ surface form: Brownsville, Texas
namedAfter	James V. Forrestal ⓘ surface form: James Forrestal
notableEvent	1967 fire in the Gulf of Tonkin ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
pennantNumber	CV-59 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
positionHeld	United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
precededBy	Midway-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
propulsion	conventional steam turbines ⓘ
role	aircraft carrier ⓘ attack carrier ⓘ
scrappedDate	2015-02-04 ⓘ
shipyard	Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ surface form: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
status	scrapped ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Vietnam War ⓘ
type	conventional-powered aircraft carrier ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

USS Forrestal (CV-59) → pennantNumber → CV-59 ⓘ

CV-59 → hullNumber → CV-59 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Forrestal

CV-59 → pennantNumber → CV-59 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Forrestal