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  2. USS Forrestal - Wikipedia

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    Forrestal undergoing sea trials, 29 September 1955. Forrestal's keel was laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding on 14 July 1952. [4] During construction, her design was adjusted several times—the original telescoping bridge, a design left over from the canceled USS United States, was replaced by a conventional island structure, and her flight deck was modified to include an angled landing ...

  3. Forrestal-class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia

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    The Forrestal class was the first completed class of "supercarriers" of the Navy, so called because of their then-extraordinarily high tonnage (75,000 tons, 25% larger than the post-World War II-era Midway class), full integration of the angled deck, very large island, and most importantly their extremely strong air wing (80–100 jet aircraft, compared to 65–75 for the Midway class and ...

  4. 1967 USS Forrestal fire - Wikipedia

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    Two days later, Forrestal returned to Norfolk to be welcomed home by over 3,000 family members and friends of the crew, gathered on Pier 12 and onboard Randolph, Forrestal ' s host ship. [ 1 ] From 19 September 1967 to 8 April 1968, Forrestal underwent repairs in Norfolk Naval Shipyard , beginning with removal of the starboard deck-edge ...

  5. VAW-123 - Wikipedia

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    On 29 July 1967, while serving in the Gulf of Tonkin, USS Forrestal suffered an onboard fire resulting in the death of 134 crew members, 161 injured, 21 aircraft damaged or destroyed and millions of dollars in damage to the ship. USS Forrestal returned to Norfolk with VAW-123 and the rest of the ship's crew and Airwing. VAW-123 had no loss of ...

  6. Category:Forrestal-class aircraft carriers - Wikipedia

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    This category contains the Forrestal-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy ... USS Independence (CV-62) R. USS Ranger (CV-61) S. USS Saratoga (CV-60)

  7. Carrier Air Wing Seventeen - Wikipedia

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    Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) was established on 1 November 1966 and assigned to USS Forrestal. Although an Atlantic Fleet carrier, Forrestal ' s first deployment with CVW-17 was to Vietnam, from June to September 1967.

  8. VFA-103 - Wikipedia

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    VFA-103 temporarily embarked with CVW-17 in 2008 as USS George Washington sailed to the Pacific Ocean to replace USS Kitty Hawk in Japan. On 21 February 2009 VFA-103 and CVW-7 embarked aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower for a deployment supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf. [6]

  9. John K. Beling - Wikipedia

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    In 1977, Beling joined the McLean, Virginia-based TRW, working as a strategic analyst directing studies until retiring again in 1985. After his final retirement, Beling took up farming, and served as director of the USS Forrestal Museum, a group dedicated to preserving the carrier, which was decommissioned in 1993, as a museum ship. [3]

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