
The CV59 USS Forrestal was the first Super
Aircraft-carrier in the world. She was the lead ship of the class FORRESTAL that the four companies have withdrawn during the 1990a. After decommissioning, the USS Forrestal was used as a parts hulk active carriers. For years, the Forrestal was moored at Naval Station Newport, RI., And the USS Forrestal Museum Inc. tried to buy the company for use as a museum ship in Baltimore, Maryland.
However, the Navy was not willing to donate bearer. Instead, the Forrestal was towed to the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Penn., A mid-June 2010 and was awarded a contract to clean the Forrestal in the preparation of a SinkEx. The plan to sink Forrestal, however, was canceled in December 2010, and the company now discarded.