Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
The Forrestal-class aircraft carriers were four aircraft carriers designed and built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. The class ship was named for James Forrestal, the first United States Secretary of Defense. It was the first class of supercarriers, combining high tonnage, deck-edge elevators and an angled deck. The first ship was commissioned in 1955, the last decommissioned in 1998. The four ships of the class were scrapped in Brownsville, Texas, between 2014 and 2017.
USS Forrestal
A 1952 design study
Saratoga (top) cruising with USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67); note the arrangement of the islands and elevators.
Image: USS Forrestal (CVA 59) underway at sea on 31 May 1962 (KN 4507)
Midway-class aircraft carrier
The Midway-class was a class of three United States Navy aircraft carriers. The lead ship, USS Midway, was commissioned in September 1945 and decommissioned in 1992. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was commissioned in October 1945, and taken out of service in 1977. USS Coral Sea was commissioned in April 1947, and decommissioned in 1990.
USS Midway before SCB-110 upgrade
Franklin D. Roosevelt under way in 1969
Image: USS Midway (CV 41) leaving Yokosuka, Crew spelling Sayonara
Image: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) aerial photo in 1986
