Photo #: NH 97658
USS Forrestal (CVA-59)
Enters port at Naples, Italy, circa early 1959.
Mount Vesuvius is in the distance.
Aircraft visible on deck include A3D-2 bombers of squadron VAH-5,
F4D-1 fighters of squadron VF-102 and A4D-2 attack planes of
squadron VA-12. This photograph was released by the Department
of Defense on 19 May 1959. Forrestal's 1958-59 Sixth Fleet
tour had ended on 12 March of that year.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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