USS Forrestal (CV-59) aircraft carrier destroyer ship in Newport RI Rhode Island

[GALVESTON340]

...I was attached with CAG-17 back in '77 and we were on the "FID". Sure hope she doesn't head to the scrap yard...

[spanky114]

Interesting how individuals argue over names of the ships here. As a veteran who served on a U.S. aircraft carrier, myself and other crew members called the ship "the boat". We also called the jets "planes or birds" and the flight deck "The roof". The terms used by the narrator of the video shows that he has some affiliation with active duty sailors, which us sailors (especially us "Golden Shellbacks" appreciate and respect. Good job to the videographer...

[brucencalifornia]

65 comments no one speaksabout the ship being called a boat/

WE were along side on following day, much helio activity by then. all dead injured and missing because they went on the cheap save time arm the aircraft while pointed at each other and use up old un-safe bombs.wonder what adm. thought that up, wonder if his kids were on that deck??

well. Amd. McCains was for sure.

I have alot to say about tonnage and orders that come over the radio Rules Of Engagment, good Captain Relived ;(

[Niche79]

Used to love seeing the old Forrestal in port when I was a kid in Pensacola. I was so happy when they let visitors on board, I thought it was so dang cool!

[dickcbj]

its good to see the ol FID again..I served on her from 74 to 77...Hope she becomes a museum instead of sank.

[oLdSkOoLkisS]

I was on the FID from '88-'92.I had a real mans job risking my life on the flightdeck day / night for my country....while "non-pilot" Officers AKA(waste of space)stayed in their little staterooms watching t.v. & writing letters all day.

[TIMINTENNESSEE]

This guy must not know nothing about carrier history.. He didn't know The FID from the Sara.. And J. McCain didn't crash his jet in 1967 in the Tonkin Gulf you tool. Served on CV-59 AVT 59 MAYPORT P-COLA.. 88-92.. The last cruise was a bitch in 91. MED 3-91

[KillerBeeKiller]

Tim what division were you in? I was V3 88-92. That last one wasn't as bad to me as my first one in 88. 16 days in port on three section duty ment Jack was a dull boy.

Your right, didn't crash in the Gulf of Tonkin he was shot down over North Vietnam.

[TIMINTENNESSEE]

BEE I was in V-2 during the last Cruise on FID.. Worked on CAT 1.. WAS IN the gear for a few months hated it.. left Active Duty in P-Cola APR 92.. P-Cola was boring compared to JAX.. Guider is my last name 40 yrs old now... Haven't even visited Fla since I left in 92. Made 3rd in the Bow Cats June 91, got frocked at Sea making the Trans- Atlantic Crossing to the Med.

[ironroad18]

Ahh the two sister ships some of the best super carriers we had, even though the Enterprise was much bigger, conventional powered Midway, Forestall, Kitty Hawk Class ships were the front line of our defense until the Nimitz class came fully online. Even then the older conventional ships served well beside their nuclear cousins.

[bulldaawg]

I made the FID's last deployment in 91. VS-28. Never saw any ghosts... But I did see several black shoes acting a little strange back in the TAD berthing......

[jagerhardin]

I served on this ship in 1980-1982. I was in a fighter squadron thats berthing space was the same as the crew that burned to death onboard in the Gulf of Tonkin. I didn't realize it at the time but it is now apparent that it was very haunted. I used to see sailors I did not recognize appear than quaick dissapear in areas that were solid bulkheads. I had many other type of paranormal occurences while on-board this ship as well.

[jerryspriinger]

It's a ship, not a boat. John McCain DID NOT crash his airplane, it was a rocket mishap from across the flightdeck from where McCain's aircraft was parked. It's a jet not an airplane. What an asswhistle liberal monkeyfister you are. Your just full of misinformation. I'm guessing your a high school history teacher from California.

[16guns]

McCain did not crash, a rocket fired due to an electrical surge causing the mishap. The other carrier is the Saratoga.

[blaizeb1983]

when was this taken and is she still there today my dad was on it

[cypris2002]

yes she is there today if i am not mistaking there is a bid to turn her into a museum but i dont know when or where she will be

[JOEMLM]

sad to see her just sitting there?

do you know that latest they have planned for her?

she would make a great museum!

air, sea and space museum!!

[cypris2002]

i read that thats what she is waiting on

[1475lucky]

@JOEMLM she is mothballed. which means that if they needed her they can have her ready in a month

[JOEMLM]

@1475lucky actually she is not mothballed anymore, all her guts have been removed, there is no way she can bee ready in a month, i was on board during the SLEP in philly, it will take a lot longer than a month to get her ready, she is already sold to a salvage company, they are trying to sell her off to get scrapped for the metal, but they already have a plan to sink her and make an artificial reef if that does not work, some people have been trying to turn her in museum like the one in NEW YORK

[1475lucky]

@JOEMLM i didn't know one of my teachers who was in the navy told me that. all i know is that ever since the first time i went to Naval station newport in the early 2000,s it has been there