USS FORRESTAL CVA-59

USS FORRESTAL was the first "super carrier" in the world. She was the lead ship of the FORRESTAL class of which all four carriers have been decommissioned during the 1990^th. After decommissioning, the USS FORRESTAL was used as parts hulk for the other active carriers. Currently, the FORRESTAL is berthed at the Naval Station in Newport, RI., and the USS FORRESTAL Museum Inc. tried to purchase the carrier for use as a museum ship in Baltimore, Md. However, the Navy was unwilling to donate the carrier and has already awarded contracts to clean up the FORRESTAL in preparation for a SinkEx.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: July 12, 1951
	Keel laid: July 14, 1952
	Launched: December 11, 1954
	Commissioned: October 1, 1955
	Decommissioned: September 11, 1993
	Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va.
	Propulsion system: eight boilers
	Rudders: two
	Propellers: four
	Blades on each Propeller: five
	Aircraft elevators: four
	Catapults: four
	Arresting gear cables: four
	Length, overall: 1,063 feet (324 meters)
	Flight Deck Width: 250,3 feet (76.3 meters)
	Beam: 129 feet (39.3 meters)
	Draft: 37,7 feet (11.3 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 78,200 tons full load
	Speed: 30+ knots
	Aircraft: approx. 85
	Crew: Ship: approx. 2,700      Air Wing: 2,480
	Armament: three Mk 29 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, three 20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 15.

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