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80-G-680082: USS Forrestal (CVA-59), 1955

80-G-680082: USS Forrestal (CVA-59), 1955. The world’s largest naval vessel, the 59,650 tons in weight and 1,036 feet in length, USS Forrestal (CVA-59) pass through Hampton Roads on her way to the Atlantic for a five-day sea trial. Underway on her own power, she left her pier at Newport News Shipyard at 3:00 pm for extensive tests on all her equipment and engines to satisfy the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey. Photographed by PH2 R.P. Champine, 29 August 1955. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, ow in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/04/03).
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Caption: USS Forrestal (CVA-59), 1955. The world’s largest naval vessel, the 59,650 tons in weight and 1,036 feet in length, USS Forrestal (CVA-59) pass through Hampton Roads on her way to the Atlantic for a five-day sea trial. Underway on her own power, she left her pier at Newport News Shipyard at 3:00 pm for extensive tests on all her equipment and engines to satisfy the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey. Photographed by PH2 R.P. Champine, 29 August 1955. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, ow in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/04/03).
Description: Passing Hampton Roads, Virginia, on a five-day sea-trial.
Accession #: 80-G-680082
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