USS Forrestal CVA-59 / CV-59 / AVT-59
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Undated photo of USS Forrestal CVA-59.
(Photo courtesy of Vladimir Tarnovski)



Undated photo of USS Forrestal CVA-59



May 31, 1962: USS Forrestal CVA-59 en route to the Mediterranean Sea.



1972-73: Aircraft seen on the flight deck of USS Forrestal CVA-59.
(Photo courtesy of Richard Johnson, USMC (Ret.)
© 1972 Richard Johnson all rights reserved



1972-73: Stern of the USS Forrestal CVA-59, location unknown.
(Photo courtesy of Richard Johnson, USMC (Ret.)
© 1972 Richard Johnson all rights reserved



1972-73: Flag in the hanger deck of USS Forrestal CVA-59.
(Photo courtesy of Richard Johnson, USMC (Ret.)
© 1972 Richard Johnson all rights reserved



1972-73: A North American RA-5C Vigilante (156627) of Reconnaissance Attack (Heavy) Squadron None (RVAH-9) seen on the flight deck of USS Forrestal CVA-59.
(Photo courtesy of Richard Johnson, USMC (Ret.)
© 1972 Richard Johnson all rights reserved



February 1973: A Blackburn Buccaneer from HMS Ark Royal R-09 seen on the flight deck of USS Forrestal CVA-59.
(Photo courtesy of Richard Johnson, USMC (Ret.)
© 1973 Richard Johnson all rights reserved



USS Forrestal CV-59 seen in 1987.





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