Previously Held NEC ABH-7012-ABH-7012 Shore Based Airport & Aircraft Firefighter
ABE-7004-C-13 Mod 1 Catapult
NC-9585-Navy Recruiter Canvasser
AB-0000-Aviation Boatswain's Mate
IN MEMORY OF MY SISTER DEBRA ANN (GRAHAM) HOLTON
08-22-1960 TO 3-2-2010
IN MEMORY OF MY MOTHER IN LAW PAULINE ANN (JOHNSON) ARSCOTT
09-12-1935 TO 11-10-2008 IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER IN LAW
EDWARD JAMES ARSCOTT
01/12/36 TO 03/19/2014
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CLASS - FORRESTAL
Displacement 56,000 Tons, Dimensions, 1039' (oa) x 129' 1" x 37' (Max)
Armament 8 x 5"/54, 100 Aircraft.
Armor, Unknown.
Machinery, 260,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 3800 - 4280.
Named after
CVA-59 was named after James Vincent Forrestal (1892-1949). He became the first Under Secretary of the Navy in August 1940, charged with building the world's largest Fleet. His brilliant work in procurement and production led to his appointment as the 48th Secretary of the Navy in May 1944. Forrestal carried out this new assignment with such distinction that he was the natural choice as the first Secretary of Defense, a position to which he was appointed in September 1947, and in which he continued outstanding service to the Nation, until he resigned in March 1949. He had served in the US Navy as a naval aviator during World War I.
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IN MEMORY OF MY SISTER
IN MEMORY OF MY MOTHER IN LAW
IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER IN LAW
