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USS Forrestal (CV-59) 1978 Cruise ShirtUSS Forrestal (CV 59) was the first purpose built supercarrier of the postwar era, commissioned in 1955 and named for James V. Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defense. She set the template for every fleet carrier that followed the angled deck, the size, the capability and deployed to the Mediterranean and Atlantic through the Cold War decades as a symbol of American sea power. In July 1967, a catastrophic fire on her flight deck off Vietnam cost the

Now she adapted to a more complex mission: keeping the peace where diplomacy alone could not

and strike missions that made a difference when it mattered most

This is the sweatshirt of her last crew

ammunition

This shirt commemorates the 1982 cruise — a deployment during the Reagan-era military buildup

Decades of Cold War resolve

Some things in the 1980s were uncertain — what Enterprise would do if called upon was not one of them

and they carried themselves accordingly

sending her Aegis-equipped crew into the Mediterranean during a period of growing instability across southeastern Europe

USS America (CVA-66) was the most advanced conventionally powered aircraft carrier in the world when she departed Norfolk for her first deployment in 1965

keeping the sea lanes free and the message unmistakable

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