The USS Forrestal (CV-59) was commissioned October 1, 1955, as one of the first “supcarriers.” Named for Navy veteran and politician James Vincent Forrestal, this huge vessel had a busy career in the ...
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“Look Ma, No Hook”: A C-130 Hercules Really Landed on a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier
In 1963, a U.S. Navy KC-130F Hercules turned “impossible” into routine by operating from the deck of the supercarrier USS Forrestal. -As part of a Super COD trial, Lt. Jim Flatley and his crew flew ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: The nightmarish accident, combined with two other cataclysmic carrier fires, forced the Navy to implement major reforms of its safety culture—but the Forrestal ...
Today in U.S. Naval History - December 11 1941 - Contract establishes the Naval Salvage Service. 1941 - Wake Island Garrison under Commander Winfield Cunningham repulses Japanese invasion force. 1954 ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: As they each approached forty years of service, the Forrestals were decommissioned one-by-one between 1993 and 1998—but stayed busy right until then. In 1993, Ranger ...
In regards to the complaints about our noisy military planes. I love having them fly over our house and the truth is they were here first. Quit griping. I spent almost four years as a helmsman on the ...
AGAWAM — The USS Forrestal Association will hold it’s annual Veterans Day ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 2, at Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery. This will be the 10th year the gathering has taken ...
Robert E. Womack, 77, of Freehold Township passed away at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune Township on Saturday, December 10, 2022. He served aboard the USS Forrestal (CVA-59) during ...
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