USS Forrestal (CVA-59) 1967 Cruise Varsity Jacket

USS Forrestal (CVA-59) was the first purpose-built supercarrier of the postwar era, commissioned in 1955 and named for James V. Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defense. Her angled flight deck and immense size set the template for every fleet carrier that followed. Forrestal served until her decommissioning in 1993.

This heavyweight letterman jacket honors Forrestal's 1967 line period on Yankee Station off Vietnam — the deployment during which a catastrophic flight-deck fire on 29 July 1967 claimed the lives of 134 sailors and reshaped how the Navy approaches damage control. We remember her crew.

Will my graphic last? Built to stay put. Your design is applied with heat-transfer film technology — the same category of application the pros trust for names and numbers on professional and college sports jerseys. Bonded under heat and pressure, it holds up to real wear, real weather, and repeated washing without cracking or peeling when cared for properly. Turn the jacket inside out, wash cold, and hang or tumble dry low, and your graphic keeps looking sharp for the long haul.