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Forrestal Class Aircraft Carriers
Ship	Comm.	Fate
CVA/CV-59 Forrestal later AVT-59	01-10-55	Decommissioned Sept,1993, may be donated for museum/historical center sunk as artificial reef.
CVA/CV-60 Saratoga	14-04-56	Decommissioned Aug 20,1994.
CVA/CV-61 Ranger	10-08-57	Decommissioned July 10,1993. The "USS Ranger Foundation" is trying to secure ship for a museum/memorial to be moored at Everett, WA.
CVA/CV-62 Independence	10-01-59	Decommissioned Sept 30,1998

Forrestal Class specifications as built 1955
Length	1,039 to 1,086 feet
Max Width	252 feet
Displacement	56,000 tons, 79,300 tons full load
Power Plant	8 boilers, 4 geared steam turbines
Screws + SHP	Four; 280,000 SHP, Forrestal only 260,000
Speed	33 knots
Complement	3800 - 4280
Armament	Sea Sparrow missiles.3 Phalanx mounts
Aircraft	~ 75

PRICES INCLUDE WORLD-WIDE SHIPPING

CV-59 to CV-62 Forrestal Class, not custom
- built as to original configuration -

Scale 1:430 / 29"
Price: $1344

Deposit $450

Scale 1:350 / 36"
Price: $1718

Deposit $650

Scale 1:280 / 45"
Price: $2498

Deposit $850

Payment Plan details

CV-59 to CV-62 Forrestal Class, custom
- built as per your ship and circa -

Scale 1:430 / 29"
Price: $1644

Deposit $650

Scale 1:350 / 36"
Price: $1996

Deposit $750

Scale 1:280 / 45"
Price: $2798

Deposit $1000

We'll contact you for the details after you order

The development of the Forrestal Class - the US Navy's first super carriers - represented many significant improvements over previous carrier designs. The Forrestal class were the first carriers designed specifically to operate jet aircraft and were built with an angled deck to permit simultaneous take-offs and landings. The revolutionary design became the basis for all future US aircraft carriers.

Additional other firsts were an armored flight deck; an enclosed hurricane bow (to shield from jet blasts); steam-powered catapults; and four deck-edge elevators (one additional elevator).

The Forrestal flight deck had a different layout from later aircraft carriers in that the Forrestal island was placed closer to the bow (moved further aft in later carriers). Also, the starboard elevator configuration on the Forrestal class is "one elevator forward and two aft". This was changed to "two elevators forward and one aft" on later carrier classes. On the port side, the Forrestal number four elevator is forward of the two waist catapults while on later carriers that elevator is aft of the waist catapults. Those elevator changes, combined with the island re-location, were done on later carriers to provide a more efficient flight deck management.

The Navy originally planned eight ships of the Forrestal class. However, after building the first four ships (which comprise the Forrestal class), the last four ships (CV-63 to CV-66) had incorporated the island/elevator re-locations and other improvements from the original Forrestal design - so much so that the last four ships were designated as the separate Kitty Hawk Class.