USS Forrestal (CV-59)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:aircraftCarried approx. 90 aircraft
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Kuwait)
gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Saudi_Arabia)
gptkb:Sea_Service_Deployment_Ribbon
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 252 ft (77 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 1 October 1955
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement approx. 5,540 (ship, air wing, and staff)
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Naval_Station_Mayport,_Florida
11 September 1993
gptkbp:displacement approx. 81,101 tons (full load)
gptkbp:disposition scrapped at Brownsville, Texas
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Forrestal (CV-59)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CV-59
gptkbp:laidDown 28 July 1952
gptkbp:launched 11 December 1954
gptkbp:length 1,067 ft (325 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:James_Forrestal
gptkbp:nickname First in Class
gptkbp:notableCast gptkb:John_McCain
gptkbp:notableEvent Vietnam War service
Mediterranean deployments
1967 fire
first supercarrier built for the US Navy
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber gptkb:CV-59
gptkbp:propulsion 8 boilers, 4 steam turbines, 4 shafts
gptkbp:scrapped 2015
gptkbp:speed 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
gptkbp:status scrapped
gptkbp:struck 11 September 1993
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkb:List_of_United_States_Navy_ships
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5