USS Forrestal (CVA/CV-59) Ship's Crest Mug

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USS Forrestal (CVA/CV-59) Ship's Crest MugUSS Forrestal (CVA 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. Designated first as an attack carrier (CVA) and later as a multi mission carrier (CV), she set the template for every fleet carrier that followed the angled deck, the size, the capability and deployed repeatedly to the Mediterranean and Atlantic through the Cold War decades. In

USS Ranger (CVA-61) deployed in 1964-1965

565 miles in 64 days without stopping for fuel

This sweatshirt carries the ship's crest as a mark of service and pride in one of the Navy's finest carriers

The "Big Stick" and her battle group demonstrated American naval power in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during a time of intense Cold War competition — a visible signal to Soviet forces that the United States remained committed to maritime supremacy

It is a deployment that will be remembered as long as the ship sails

These early cruises established the operating patterns and tactical proficiency that would define Nimitz-class carrier operations for decades

CVN-65 did not turn for home — she stayed

During her 1967-68 deployment USS Ranger (CVA-61) operated continuously from Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin

USS Anzio (CG-68) deployed in 1994-1995

a career that ran from the dawn of the supercarrier age to the end of the Cold War

Three deployments into her service life

The courage and skill of her aircrews defined a generation of carrier aviation during one of America's most challenging military campaigns

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