USS Forrestal (CVA-59) 1962-63 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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. Designated as an attack carrier, she set the template for every fleet carrier that followed — the angled deck, the size, the capability — and deployed repeatedly to the Mediterranean as one of the most powerful warships in the world. In July 1967, a catastrophic fire on her flight deck off Vietnam cost the lives of 134 sailors and changed how the Navy approaches damage control. Forrestal served for decades more after that tragedy, decommissioning in 1993. This long sleeve shirt commemorates the 1962-63 cruise — a deployment during one of the most dangerous moments of the Cold War, as the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the edge and Forrestal stood ready in the Atlantic as the Navy's answer to whatever came next.

• 100% polyester
• Regular fit
• Taped neck and shoulders