Type Forrestal ( Eng. Forrestal class ) - a series of heavy attack aircraft carriers of the United States in the 1950s . They were created after the re-evaluation by the high military command of the effectiveness of the fleet based on the combat use of aircraft carriers in the Korean War and the allocation of funds for the construction of new large ships. The basis of the design of Forrestol aircraft carriers was also the design solution of the unrealized United States aircraft carrier series. In the years 1952 - 1959 four aircraft carriers of the Forrestol type were built, which became the largest among the warships built before them. Modernization of the Forrestal type was also the latest series of aircraft carriers of the Kitty Hawk type . Carriers of the Forrestal type were used in a number of conflicts, including the Vietnam War, and for two decades, together with the Kitty Hawk type, formed the basis of the US carrier fleet before the advent of the Nimitz type aircraft carriers. In later years, Forrestol-type aircraft carriers were partially withdrawn to the reserve or converted into training aircraft carriers, and they were finally withdrawn from service in 1993-1998 .
| Forrestal aircraft carriers | |
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| English Forrestal class | |
 "Forrestal" in testing in 1955 | |
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| Operators |
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| Years in the ranks | 1955 - 1998 |
| Built | four |
| Scrapped | four |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 50 619 t dry 61 163 t standard 80 678 t full |
| Length | 316.8 m |
| Width | 76.2 m |
| Height | 39.3 m from keel to flight deck |
| Draft | 10.3 m |
| Engines | 8 water - tube boilers of the Babcock-Wilcox type 4 turbines of the Westinghouse type |
| Power | 280,000 liters with. |
| Mover | 4 propellers |
| Speed | 33 knots maximum |
| Sailing range | 12,000 miles at 20 knots |
| Autonomy of swimming | 90 days |
| Crew | 2764 crew members and 1912 air group people |
| Armament | |
| Radar weapons | Radar SPS-8 , SPS-10 and SPS-12 |
| Flak | 8 × 1 - 127 mm / 54 Mk. 42 |
| Aviation group | 90 aircraft |
Representatives
| Title | room | Shipyard | Bookmark | Launching | Commissioning | Fate |
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| Forrestal Forrestal | CVA-59 | Nns | July 14, 1952 | December 11, 1954 | October 1, 1955 | Withdrew from the fleet on September 11, 1993. Sold for scrapping. Dismantled at the metal in the city of Brownsville in 2015. |
| Saratoga Saratoga | CVA-60 | fleet shipyard in new york | December 16, 1952 | October 8, 1955 | April 14, 1956 | Withdrew from the fleet on August 20, 1994. Sold for scrapping. Dismantled at metal in the city of Brownsville in 2016. |
| Ranger Ranger | CVA-61 | Nns | August 2, 1954 | September 29, 1956 | August 10, 1957 | Withdrew from the fleet on July 10, 1993. Sold for scrapping. Dismantled at metal in the city of Brownsville in 2016. |
| Independence Independence | CVA-62 | fleet shipyard in new york | July 1, 1955 | June 6, 1958 | January 10, 1959 | Withdrew from the fleet on September 30, 1998, it is intended to be scrapped. On 06/28/16, the Naval Shipyard and Puget Sound Intermediate Maintenance Station near Bremerton , Washington are located in Sinclair Bay. June 1, 2017 Arrived in Brownsville for disposal. |
Literature
- A.A. Chechin, N.N. Okolelov. Aircraft carriers of the "Forrestal" type. - Moscow: Model designer, 2006. - 40 p. - (Marine collection No. 7 (88) / 2006). - 3500 copies.
- All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995 / R. Gardiner. - London: Conway Maritime Press / US Naval Institute Press, 1996 .-- 675 p. - ISBN 1-55750-132-7 .