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USS Forrestal CVA-59 (1962)

A prop of the Forrestal as it appears in War Thunder.

A request from a friend.

THIS IS NOT A DRIVEABLE VEHICLE, AND I WILL NEVER MAKE IT ONE, SO PLEASE, DO NOT BOTHER ASKING.

Fully rigged, use a model tool to tamper with moving parts.

Includes:
USS Forrestal CVA-59 (1962) (normal, skybox)
USS Forrestal CVA-59 (1962) clean deck (normal, skybox)
Separate models for the bodygroups

USS Forrestal CVA-59

The first supercarrier of the United States, at the time the largest carrier ever built and the first designed to accomodate jet aircraft. The Forrestal experienced a busy career spanning 38 years, during which she was upgraded and improved multiple times, leading many innovations in technology before being removed from service in 1993 and ultimately scrapped in 2015.

Name: Forrestal
Namesake: James Forrestal
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
Armament: 8x 127mm 5-inch/54 Mk. 42 guns (original armament); 4x 127mm 5-inch/54 Mk. 42 guns (1960s armament); 1x 200mm Sea Sparrow quadruple missile launcher, multiple 20mm Phalanx CIWS (final armament)
Type: aircraft carrier/supercarrier
Class: Forrestal
Other ships in class: Saratoga, Ranger, Independence
Weight: ~82402 tons
Power: 8 steam turbines
Propulsion: 4 5-bladed screws
Speed: 33 knots / 61 km/h
Crew: ~552 officers, ~4988 enlisted
Construction: laid 14 July 1952, launched 11 December 1954, commissioned 1 October 1955
Fate: decommissioned 11 Septemeber 1993, scrapped 2015

Please report any bugs you find.

Credits:
Gaijin Entertainment for War Thunder
KOVAH for the models
Nem for VTFEdit
Cannonfodder for his plugins
Various people for the texture settings