USS Forrestal (CV-59)

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Forrestal-class aircraft carrier United States Navy ship aircraft carrier supercarrier

USS Forrestal (CV-59) was the United States Navy’s first supercarrier, commissioned in 1955 and named in honor of the first U.S. Secretary of Defense, James V. Forrestal.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier → United States Navy ship → aircraft carrier → supercarrier →
airWingType	Carrier Air Wing →
armament	anti-aircraft guns → surface-to-air missiles →
awards	Battle Efficiency Award → Navy Unit Commendation →
builder	Newport News Shipbuilding →
casualtiesIn1967Fire	over 130 killed →
catapultType	steam catapults →
commissioned	1955-10-01 →
conflictParticipatedIn	Cold War → Vietnam War →
country	United States of America →
crewComplement	over 4000 personnel →
decommissioned	1993-09-11 →
displacement	about 60000 tons full load →
fate	scrapped →
flightDeckType	angled flight deck →
followedBy	Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier →
homeport	Mayport, Florida → Norfolk, Virginia →
hullType	conventional (non-nuclear) carrier hull →
IMO	not applicable (naval vessel) →
laidDown	1952-07-14 →
laidDownAt	Newport News Shipbuilding → Newport News, Virginia →
launched	1954-12-11 →
length	about 325 meters →
namedAfter	James V. Forrestal →
nickname	First in Defense →
notableEvent	1967 fire in the Gulf of Tonkin →
notableEventDate	1967-07-29 →
notableEventDescription	catastrophic flight deck fire and explosions during Vietnam War operations →
operator	United States Navy →
pennantNumber	CV-59 →
precededBy	Midway-class aircraft carrier →
propulsion	conventional steam turbines → oil-fired boilers →
role	attack aircraft carrier → fleet flagship →
scrappedAt	Brownsville, Texas →
scrappingBegan	2014-02-08 →
shipClass	Forrestal class →
sponsoredBy	Josephine Forrestal →
stricken	1993-09-11 →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
James V. Forrestal →	commemoratedBy