My Dad was a jet mechanic VF-74 1963-1967 on the Forrestal and the stories that he told of those times... I miss him so much! I wish I knew more about his excellent service and life. Rest In Peace Daniel Raymond Thompson.
A salute to all who served aboard this great ship, she was a magnificent lady. RIP and TAPS to the many no longer with us . . .And then along came John McCain.
JMc had zero to do with starting the fire. Blaming him is the lie that won't die. It is fueled by hatred and ignorance. that has been proven false for decades. There are close to a dozen versions of the lie and they all differ from one another. They can all be wrong, but they can't all be right.
What an amazing piece of engineering! Not just the ship itself but all the systems and support needed for construction. A 21-gun salute to everyone involved in building the finest navy on the planet!
The first of several classes of super carriers-Forrestal-class, Kitty Hawk- class, Enterprise, JFK, Nimitz and improved Nimitz-class, essentially 19 super carriers, oil fired and nuclear, and all influenced by the Forrestal.
Unless you served on one---you can never absorb the immensity of something that big moving at 25 knots effortlessly thru blue water L J Guisburg AMS3 USN 1975 1979
i was 10 years old when I got the chance to go on a tiger cruise that ship was so massive and I had so much fun on it. my cousin was going nuts trying to keep track of me lol..everytime he had to go on duty he would tell me stay in the room...i didnt listen :)
@Dexter Jackson just got off the phone with Nins. We been trying to round up everybody from the boat. You need to call so we know you are ok and doing well. We are your brothers Dexter P the 3rd. Hell ya
I was air testing the double bottoms and found a machine shop with all the mills and lathes stock locked on the racks. Everything was ready; they just forgot to cut the Hatch in the bulkhead. they had it for 30+ years and did not know.
I have the press launching and commissioning handouts for this ship. Never was aboard but used to UNREP the Saratoga in the Med all the time 1969-1790.
While browsing in a hobby shop in 1969, at the age of 9, I asked my mother to buy me a plastic scale model of a ship that I knew nothing about. My mother made the purchase, yet I never built the model. I only knew that there was something strange about that ship as was also true of the name; the U.S.S. Forrestal! Fast forward to August of 2014, when in a hypnotic regression session, it was revealed to me the name of my former identity in my last incarnation: James V. Forrestal! The same regression session also projected an image of an aircraft carrier underway on an undisclosed ocean! "Old soldiers never die!" Douglas MacArthur
@@1MahaDas I had in mind "The Forrestal Diaries". It is a compilation of meetings Forrestal had with various government officials extending from July 4th. 1944 to early 1949.
@@fifty9forty3 I've seen that Diary but it's more of a scrapbook. What's interesting is the period of that diary during July of 47 when Rosswell became the focus of national attention. That section of the diary is conspicuously devoid of entries.
@@1MahaDas It seems that "things" happen to people who've come too close to classified governmental/military information, or to information on people that have resources most of us don't have. His, may be such a case. It is a wonder Bob Lazar, the former whistleblower physicist of Area 51 is still above ground.
wow, just how do they manage to plan all this? How did they even find the plans after they had made them? With such a wide deck I keep expecting it to roll over.
@@jamespobog3420: Yes, I know. My question is, were there more on Forrestal than any other? I ask because of the reputation it has for fires. The reputation seems ill gotten.
@@fifty9forty3 Personally, I have not heard that about Forrestal. For my edification, do you have a source you could share? I'll do some digging on my end.
@@jamespobog3420: I once worked with a man who served on one of the carriers homeported in Norfolk at pier 4. He told me there was "always" a fire on that ship. This was years after my departure. Also in a wiki history of the ship it was stated that one of the "fire" nicknames given was because of it's history of fires. I was wearing my Forrestal baseball cap at a military function a couple of years ago and met someone who commented that he felt those "fire" names were disrespectful, to which I agreed. The reputation is out there, and I deeply resent it. I served on Forrestal 1964-65-66, and my experience was not that at all. We had fires, of course, as they all do, but not so many that the ship was considered a tinder box. When you think about it, why would it have more fires aboard than any other, unless they are set.
@@fifty9forty3 Do you know Ken Killmeyer? Forrestal Assoc. historian. I've been comming with him recently and he's like you, extreme offense at those nicknames. I was museum staff on Battleship Iowa from 2012 until covid and am very aware of issues around the T2 accident in 1989, and I know that former crews may not be very forgiving if such vulgarity is uttered in their presence.
My Dad was a jet mechanic VF-74 1963-1967 on the Forrestal and the stories that he told of those times... I miss him so much! I wish I knew more about his excellent service and life. Rest In Peace Daniel Raymond Thompson.
This ship class was the blueprint for Todays super carriers. Its clean siloutte is still Relevant today.
I’m proud to say I served on this amazing Carrier in the early 70’s when it served in the Mediterranean.
It had a long life. Finally scrapped in 2015 despite efforts to preserve as museum ship...
A salute to all who served aboard this great ship, she was a magnificent lady. RIP and TAPS to the many no longer with us . . .And then along came John McCain.
serving aboard her with VA 105 as an Ordnanceman in 1986, it was sad to hear she was scrapped, RIP FID!
JMc had zero to do with starting the fire. Blaming him is the lie that won't die. It is fueled by hatred and ignorance. that has been proven false for decades. There are close to a dozen versions of the lie and they all differ from one another. They can all be wrong, but they can't all be right.
My home: '68 - '72. What a ride. Thanks for the video.
My Dad left service on February 27th 1967. I guess he just missed you!
A friend of mine was a Royal Navy pilot and did an exchange tour on the Forrestal... thanks 👍🇳🇿
What an amazing piece of engineering! Not just the ship itself but all the systems and support needed for construction. A 21-gun salute to everyone involved in building the finest navy on the planet!
The first of several classes of super carriers-Forrestal-class, Kitty Hawk- class, Enterprise, JFK, Nimitz and improved Nimitz-class, essentially 19 super carriers, oil fired and nuclear, and all influenced by the Forrestal.
Influenced by the USS Langley!
Unless you served on one---you can never absorb the immensity of something that big moving at 25 knots effortlessly thru blue water
L J Guisburg AMS3 USN 1975 1979
i was 10 years old when I got the chance to go on a tiger cruise that ship was so massive and I had so much fun on it. my cousin was going nuts trying to keep track of me lol..everytime he had to go on duty he would tell me stay in the room...i didnt listen :)
She was my home. 1986. I miss her.
@Dexter Jackson just got off the phone with Nins. We been trying to round up everybody from the boat. You need to call so we know you are ok and doing well. We are your brothers Dexter P the 3rd. Hell ya
@Dexter Jackson gimme your number or do you wanna call him?
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I can look out my back window and see this ship. Its been parked in RI since 1994
It\s scrap now
@@edgeary8339: Sorry to say, it has been scrapped and recycled.
It doesn't exist anymore.
I was air testing the double bottoms and found a machine shop with all the mills and lathes stock locked on the racks.
Everything was ready; they just forgot to cut the Hatch in the bulkhead. they had it for 30+ years and did not know.
Sad they didn’t make her a museum
one Zuni did a lot of damage
Actually it was more than that. The Zuni started the debacle, the real damage came from the bombs cooking off high order.
My Dad built ships here as a very young man.
Very vool vid. Intresting to note how island position has changed as time went on
I was on her from1974to1977
I have the press launching and commissioning handouts for this ship. Never was aboard but used to UNREP the Saratoga in the Med all the time 1969-1790.
Carmen: Do the handouts say the ship's designation at the time of it's commissioning?
BTW our planes were AJ-2P Savage . Photo recon and mapping.
While browsing in a hobby shop in 1969, at the age of 9, I asked my mother to buy me a plastic scale model of a ship that I knew nothing about. My mother made the purchase, yet I never built the model. I only knew that there was something strange about that ship as was also true of the name; the U.S.S. Forrestal! Fast forward to August of 2014, when in a hypnotic regression session, it was revealed to me the name of my former identity in my last incarnation: James V. Forrestal! The same regression session also projected an image of an aircraft carrier underway on an undisclosed ocean! "Old soldiers never die!" Douglas MacArthur
Have you read the book of James V. Forrestal?
@@fifty9forty3 I own one book on Forrestal and that is 'the Assassination of James Forrestal' which is now 2 years since its release.
@@1MahaDas I had in mind "The Forrestal Diaries". It is a compilation of meetings Forrestal had with various government officials extending from
July 4th. 1944 to early 1949.
@@fifty9forty3 I've seen that Diary but it's more of a scrapbook. What's interesting is the period of that diary during July of 47 when Rosswell became the focus of national attention. That section of the diary is conspicuously devoid of entries.
@@1MahaDas It seems that "things" happen to people who've come too close to classified governmental/military information, or to information on people that have resources most of us don't have.
His, may be such a case. It is a wonder Bob Lazar, the former whistleblower physicist of Area 51 is still above ground.
wow, just how do they manage to plan all this? How did they even find the plans after they had made them?
With such a wide deck I keep expecting it to roll over.
Good video. Thanks, Airboyd.
a super power ,requires a super carrier
I was from 78 -82
I'm, trials for that boat😛 would include Carrier ops.
My Cisco teacher served on her.
Can any commentor, former shipmates of Forrestal recall an unusual number of fires on this ship?
Fires on carriers are a constant.
@@jamespobog3420: Yes, I know. My question is, were there more on Forrestal than any other? I ask because of the reputation it has for fires. The reputation seems ill gotten.
@@fifty9forty3 Personally, I have not heard that about Forrestal. For my edification, do you have a source you could share? I'll do some digging on my end.
@@jamespobog3420: I once worked with a man who served on one of the carriers homeported in Norfolk at pier 4. He told me there was "always" a fire on that ship. This was years after my departure.
Also in a wiki history of the ship it was stated that one of the "fire" nicknames given was because of it's history of fires.
I was wearing my Forrestal baseball cap at a military function a couple of years ago and met someone who commented that he felt those "fire" names were disrespectful, to which I agreed.
The reputation is out there, and I deeply resent it.
I served on Forrestal 1964-65-66, and my experience was not that at all. We had fires, of course, as they all do, but not so many that the ship was considered a tinder box. When you think about it, why would it have more fires aboard than any other, unless they are set.
@@fifty9forty3 Do you know Ken Killmeyer? Forrestal Assoc. historian. I've been comming with him recently and he's like you, extreme offense at those nicknames.
I was museum staff on Battleship Iowa from 2012 until covid and am very aware of issues around the T2 accident in 1989, and I know that former crews may not be very forgiving if such vulgarity is uttered in their presence.
Pumping out thousands of tons of bunker oil....nuclear reactor powered carriers would come later
The USS forestfire
...so disrespectful.
You have no sentiment for the Navy, the ship or the men who served aboard.
@@jamespobog3420 so sheepish now go take your booster shot and I'll see you in the obituaries
@@fifty9forty3 lol tarded one. I spent nine years in the Navy dummy.
@@fifty9forty3 u sheep are so dumb
Never seen the ship not burning . Go figure .
And now? 1000 Kias, cheap Chinese hammers, and a million Canadian nickels. :(
I was on her 1974 to 1977
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