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I'm [Music] Milestones of the century the super carrier forest all first of the giant carriers built by the Navy gets her Finishing Touches at Newport News Virginia named for the late Secretary of the Navy James forestall the mammoth ship in December 1954 was ready for sea too large for standard launching she had to be floated out of her huge [Music] birth tugs labored to bring her around into deep water The Forest all was on her own all2 200 million 60,000 tons of her surrounded by average siiz vessels she looks like a leviathan in a school of minnows her angle deck specially built for simultaneous Landings and takeoffs is longer than three football [Music] fields The Forest all Sleek lined Hull is capable of speeds over 40 knots but top speed is secret a mighty Airfield afloat The Forest all can carry over 100 planes on her flight deck alone here she heads out for one of the most closely watched trial runs in Naval History joining the fleet of other super carriers among them the ill-fated constellation which was damaged by fire in December of 1960 The Forest all stands ready to pit her mobile strength against sudden aggression the potential of future greatness has literally been built into her [Music] the super carrier Advocates hold that the vessel's mobility makes it defensible against guided missiles and that it can quickly dispatch troops and aircraft to various trouble spots in order to contain local [Music] Wars the first Pilots to land on her deck during the forest alls Air Trials were congrat ulated by her Skipper Captain Johnson a man with a big responsibility this Mighty striking force can Rush needed equipment to needed areas at a needed time using only a fraction of her quartermile long flight deck the morest all steam operated catapults can launch a defense wall of jet fighters in a matter of minutes one of America's long arms of Defense The Forest all sails proudly among the nautical Milestones of the century [Music]