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80-G-687790 USS Forrestal (CVA-59)

Photo #: 80-G-687790 USS Forrestal (CVA-59)
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Title: USS Forrestal (CVA-59)
Description: Catapults a FJ-3 Fury jet fighter from a midships catapult, during shakedown operations, 12 March 1956. Another FJ-3, of Fighter Squadron 21 (VF-21) and a F2H-3 Banshee are being readied for launching from the bow catapults. Photographed by N.W. Bitzer. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-687790
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