Navys earliest supercarriers, the uss forrestal was the lead ship of four forrestal class aircraft carriers constructed in the 1950s. She continued as a training carrier for the next 22 yea. Navy deck logs available in the national archives catalog. You will be able to zoom in to better read names etc. Aircraft carrier models of the uss forrestal, book, dvd videos, movies, documentaries, naval aviation art, and gifts for the uss forrestall cv59. As the evidence clearly shows it would be absurd to try to blame mccain. After a shakedown cruise in the caribbean, lexington sailed via the panama. Get the best deals on uss book when you shop the largest online selection at. Uss saratoga cva cv 60 forrestal class aircraft carrier us navy aircraft. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the uss forrestal cv59 article.
Uss forrestal cva 59 first cruise book log 1957 cd militaria. The flammable jet fuel spilled across the flight deck, ignited, and triggered a chainreaction of explosions that killed 4 sailors and injured 161 at the time, forrestal was engaged in. Forrestal s command history report noted that completing this work. On 29 july 1967, forrestal cva59 experienced a severe fire while operating on yankee station off vietnam that killed 4 sailors and aviators, injured 161, and destroyed 21 aircraft. Uss tate aka70 19441945 ww ii cruise book the war time log. Printing is also easily possible because of the high resolution and the missing watermarks. Sound track originally uploaded contained ed songs of the perio. Each cruise book cd will automatically start when inserted in your computers cd drive. Uss lexington nicknamed the blue ghost, is an essexclass aircraft carrier built during. The flammable jet fuel spilled across the flight deck, ignited, and triggered a chainreaction of explosions that killed 4 sailors and injured 161. Med cruise book, september 9, 1950february 1, 1951, with carrier air group 17 cvg17. Dec 9, 20 uss constellation cv64 photos and history a us navy usn f 14d. This was and remains the second worst loss of life on a u.
Uss saratoga cva 60 mediterranean cruise book 1958 the cruise and ports of. In june 1967, she went to the pacific to aid with the vietnam war effort. Each digital book is the same price regardless of its size or rarity. Cva60 saratoga aircraft carrier, badges, mustang, patches, army, ships. Johnson in command the forrestal represented more than one step in the evolutionary chain of modern carrier aviation. Cruise book cds rangerguys photos uss ranger cv4 awards received by uss ranger cvacv 61.
Uss forrestal cva 59 mediterranean cruise book 196869. Shortly thereafter the uss forrestal caught fire and waiting to go aboard brought all that fear back. I was an ae2 attached to va163 for the 66 and 67 westpac cruises. The forrestal class was the first completed class of supercarriers of the navy, so called because of their thenextraordinarily high tonnage 75,000 tons, 25% larger than the postworld war iiera midway class, full integration of the angled deck, very large island, and most importantly their extremely strong air wing 80100 jet aircraft, compared to 6575 for the midway class and. A former crew member of the mighty o has made the entire collection of cruise books from the uss oriskany available in digital format. The following uss forrestal cruise books can be found on line at. The first of the supercarriers, uss forrestal cva 59 was launched december 11, 1954, by newport news shipbuilding and drydock co. Forrestal cva 59 naval cruise book, class of 1967, page 156 of 368 has the largest online yearbook collection of college, university, high school, middle school, junior high school, military, naval cruise books and yearbooks. Uss forrestal cv 59 later cva59, then avt59, was a supercarrier named after the first secretary of defense james forrestal. We spent most of 1965 an 11 month cruise off the coast of north vietnam in the gulf of tonkin. Uss coral sea cvb43 as seen from uss baltimore ca 68 in 1952. Red ripper, ships patch and vf11 camo patch if i had to explain these, you wouldnt understand. The ship accomplished her final acceptance trials in virginian waters.
On 29 july 1967, a fire broke out on board the aircraft carrier uss forrestal after an electrical anomaly caused a zuni rocket on a f4b phantom to fire, striking an external fuel tank of an a4 skyhawk. I have a cruise book from the saratoga med deployment, and will scan and send any pics i find. Then was attached to detail mustang in the delta at cau mau building a base for the. Submitted by walt the salt hardy i have this book flattops and. This cruise was cut short by a devastating fire on 29 july of that year. This book relates events that occurred in vietnam, with only that description of inci. A photo montage of the ship and crew taken by 1st division, seaman, b rank. There are others who point out that while the movies hero played by tom cruise was a fighter pilot, mccains real life job was to drop bombs on the jungles of north vietnam. New listing uss forrestal vc59 med 197980 cruise book. Mediterranean cruise book 196566 vietnam cruise book 1967 forrestal fire. Navy cruise books for various years and ships from 1919 to 2009. It was built by the newport news shipbuilding and drydock company, and commissioned by the navy in october of 1955. The carrier entered the yard for repairs which included replacing her original propeller shafts. Uss oriskany carrier air group102 deployment cruise book year log 195253 navy.
Ship name hull number year of cruise or publication aaaron ward dm34 1945 abbot dd629 1958, 1960 abraham lincoln cvn72 1993 acadia ad42 1985, 1991. Uss forrestal harrisburg tour details sep 22 26 2015 jan 19, 2015 bring the forrestal home jan 23, 20 uss forrestal 1967 reprint cruise books may 02, 2012 poptop mania jan 15, 2012 uss forrestal 2011 reunion sep 20, 2011. Uss saratoga and uss america launch rescue flights june 1967 pm. The disaster resulted in a very long list of lessons learned many of which were lessons forgotten from carrier. Uss forrestal cv59 former crew members, brownsville, texas.
The map above will allow you to put in the name of the ship and the year served and, based on national archive deck logs, cruise books, and ship history currently available for naval vessels, veterans will be able to see if their ship falls into the category of blue water navy ships during the period they served. The other carriers of her class were uss saratoga, uss ranger and. For rating shirts click on your rating abbreviation below. Save uss forrestal 1967 to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. Forrestal, widow of secretary of defense forrestal.
Uss saratoga cva cv 60 forrestal class aircraft carrier us navy. Uss forrestal cv59 former crew members home facebook. Vietnam 1967 rare flight deck 59 patch, one of my old liberty cuffs and the hc2 1968 med cruise patch that i designed for them my very first graphics design job. Us navy cruise books are unofficial publications published by a ships crew to document a cruise or deployment. Lately there is a political conspiracy to smear, slander and defame mccain. But by the middle of 1968, forrestal was making her eighth mediterranean voyage. Cruise books are yearbookstyle books put together by volunteers on board ship to commemorate a deployment. That sea would be a common destination for her over the next twenty or so years.
Unlike the successor nimitz class, forrestal and her class were conventionally powered. Senator john mccain accused of causing 1967 uss forrestal inferno. Uss constellation this was my daddys ship how i always thought of the connie. Asbestos exposure on uss forrestal supercarriers navy. This is a group page for all crew members that served aboard the 1st supercarrier. Uss forrestal cvacvavt59 association first in defense. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject. This is the ship that senator john mccain served on when a missile shot from another aircraft, across the deck, and hit john mccains a4 skyhawk. At the time, forrestal was engaged in combat operations in the gulf of tonkin, during the vietnam war. Forrestal had truly served her purpose as first in defense. Despite the heroic efforts of the crew, men lost their lives. The chief engineer was a mustang, limitedduty officer, who had vast experience in engineering. We got back in july of 1967 into long beach, california, and my. Here you can download the uss forrestal cva 59 vietnam cruise book 1967 as a high resolution.
The number of copies of a cruise book is very limited. Gray areas represent discrepancies in datesinformation between different sources. Uss constellation cv64 photos and information aircraft carrier. They include the volumes in the navy department librarys collection, the nations largest cruise book collection.
Cruise book and document reproduction naval historical. Here you can download the uss forrestal cva 59 mediterranean cruise book 196869 as a high resolution. I boarded the uss forrestal in the philippines june 1967, joining va 65. On 29 july 1967, uss forrestal cvacv59 suffered a catastrophic fire during flight operations while on yankee station off the coast of vietnam. Commissioned in 1955, she was the united states first completed supercarrier, and was the lead ship of her class.
Forrestal cva59 crewmen are assisted by those from rupertus dd851 in fighting the fires raging aboard forrestal, while a helicopter ferries firefighting supplies to the burning ship. Us navy cruise books the largest online collection of. Cruise books in the navy department librarys collection. Mediterranean cruise book 195859 mediterranean cruise book 195960 mediterranean cruise book 1961 mediterranean cruise book 196263 mediterranean cruise book 196465 mediterranean cruise book 196566 vietnam cruise book 1967 forrestal fire mediterranean cruise book 196869 mediterranean cruise book 196970 mediterranean cruise book 1971. I handled all the traffic between hc2 headquarters and the uss forrestal when the big fire happened. Various shots aboard the american aircraft carrier uss forrestal with crew fighting to save her from dying by fire after. Ships and aircraft of the us fleet 11th through th editions.
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