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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
USS Forrestal (CV-59) canonical	5
USS Forrestal	1

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	USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Brownsville, Texas
scrappingBegan	2014-02-08 ⓘ
shipClass	Forrestal class ⓘ
sponsoredBy	Josephine Forrestal ⓘ
stricken	1993-09-11 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

James V. Forrestal → commemoratedBy → USS Forrestal (CV-59) ⓘ

Forrestal class → hasMember → USS Forrestal (CV-59) ⓘ

Forrestal class → firstShipCommissioned → USS Forrestal (CV-59) ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: USS Forrestal

Josephine Forrestal → shipSponsorOf → USS Forrestal (CV-59) ⓘ

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard → repairedVessel → USS Forrestal (CV-59) ⓘ