USS Forrestal was named after America’s first secretary of defense, James Forrestal (who was incidentally committed to a mental institution before supposedly throwing himself from his window and ...

The former USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) aircraft carrier departed the Navy's Philadelphia Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: USS Forrestal had been the U.S. Navy’s first “supercarrier” and was the largest ever built when she was commissioned in 1955. As of Tuesday evening ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Saratoga (CV-60) was a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1956, serving as a cornerstone of U.S. naval power during the Cold War. -Measuring over ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Ranger (CVA-61), a Forrestal-class "supercarrier," was the first U.S. aircraft carrier designed with an angled deck. -Commissioned in the late 1950s, it served in ...

and USS Forrestal (CV 59). Graduating from the National War College in 1987, he reported as executive officer of Strike Fighter Squadron 81 and assumed command of the "Sunliners" in May 1989, ...