USS Forrestal (CVA-59) 1972-73 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

Thoughtful delivery service

Easy 30 day returns

Certified Reviews

Description

USS Forrestal (CVA-59) 1972-73 Long Sleeve Cruise ShirtUSS Forrestal (CVA 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. Designated as an attack carrier, she set the template for every fleet carrier that followed the angled deck, the size, the capability and deployed repeatedly to the Mediterranean as one of the most powerful warships in the world. In July 1967, a catastrophic fire on her flight deck

Operation Desert Shield

but the mission of keeping the fleet at sea remained constant

The Big E had kept the Cold War's peace for decades

On December 1

Operation Linebacker II followed in December 1972

Operation Iraqi Freedom opened with the most concentrated Tomahawk cruise missile barrage in history

With the Reagan-era buildup beginning to take hold

This was The Big E's first Vietnam combat cruise — the beginning of years of service in a war that tested the Navy's courage and professionalism in ways that still resonate today

The Big E's crew endured the strain of continuous operations in a war that was growing in both scale and controversy back home

Through all of it

It was the defining moment of a new era

Your deployment mattered more than most people back home ever knew

Exchange/Return Notes