USS Forrestal (CVA-59)

USS Forrestal (CVA-59) (later CV-59 and AVT-9) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier, the lead ship of a new class of "supercarriers", named after Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal.

1968-1973

Forrestal deployed to Mediterranean waters four time between 1968 and 1973; she sped to Tunisia for rescue operations in the flooded Medjerda River Valley near Tunis.

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1968 - 1973 - Tunisia - Medjerda River - Tunis

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The ship logged three more Mediterranean deployments between 1973 and 1975. On 22 July 1974, as a result of a conflict between Turkish and Greek Cypriot forces on Cyprus, the U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus Roger Davies requested the evacuation of U.S. citizens from that island nation. In a joint Navy-Marine Corps effort, HMM-162 from the 6th Fleet amphibious assault ship Inchon evacuated 466 people, 384 of them U.S. citizens, in only five hours. Forrestal provided air cover for that operation.

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1973 - 1975 - 22 July - 1974 - Turkish - Greek Cypriot - Cyprus - Roger Davies - 6th Fleet - Amphibious assault ship - ''Inchon''

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