USS Forrestal

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Forrestal

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried	approx. 90
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal gptkb:Battle_Efficiency_Award gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkbp:builder	gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:casualtiesIn1967Fire	134 killed 161 injured
gptkbp:class	gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned	1 October 1955
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement	approx. 5,540
gptkbp:decommissioned	11 September 1993
gptkbp:displacement	approx. 60,000 tons
gptkbp:fate	scrapped
gptkbp:homeport	gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	USS Forrestal
gptkbp:hullNumber	gptkb:CV-59
gptkbp:IMO_number	6119534
gptkbp:laidDown	28 July 1952
gptkbp:launched	11 December 1954
gptkbp:leadShip	gptkb:Forrestal-class
gptkbp:length	1,039 ft
gptkbp:locationOfFire	gptkb:Gulf_of_Tonkin
gptkbp:museumShip	no
gptkbp:name	gptkb:USS_Forrestal
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:James_Forrestal
gptkbp:nickname	First in Defense
gptkbp:notableEvent	1967 fire
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion	steam turbines
gptkbp:scrapped	2013-2015
gptkbp:type	conventional-powered aircraft carrier
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Philadelphia_Navy_Yard gptkb:Gulf_of_Sidra_incident_(1981)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6