Talk:Forrestal-class aircraft carrier

No Sources

This article does not quote its' sources, nor does it appear to be consistently worded in a neutral tone, nor is is consistent with other wikipedia articles (the article on the Midway class states it could hold 100 planes realistically, where this article says it would only hold 50 planes (possibly to make this carrier sound better?). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.154.10.177 (talk) 23:05, 12 March 2007 (UTC).

Size

There have been several comparisions with the Midway class, one of which listed the Forrestals at twice the displacement. They were twice the displacement of the Essexes, but only 25% -33% or so larger than the Midways at equivalent load conditions. Kablammo 13:13, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Higher Requirements

This article states: "which had higher requirements that piston-engined airplanes had" Sufficiently vague to be meaningless - in what way "higher"? higher gross weight? larger footprint? greater landing/takeoff speed? more fuel? taller aircrew? what? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.158.61.140 (talk) 17:44, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Her Metals

This article states: "her metals sent to the scrapyard" This must be UK English 'cause no one over here would say anything like this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.158.61.140 (talk) 17:57, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

www.battle-fleet.com/pw/his/Forrestal_USS_CVA59.htm

This serbian website is an mirror of wikipedia articles and us only this info: Text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, but without link or info to wikipedia. --80.128.34.32 20:38, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

Article reassessed and graded as start class. Referencing and appropriate inline citation guidelines not met. Structure could be improved --dashiellx (talk) 17:55, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Hull swap

there are a bunch of ol' saratoga salts having a discussion on: is the hull of the sara originally the hull of the forrestal. seems to be a valid question since the ships were built within five months of each other. i for one, disagree with the hull change. 72.218.240.197 (talk) 21:49, 22 May 2014 (UTC)]

Not really a forum, but it would seem unlikely since Forrestal was built in Newport News, VA and Saratoga was built at the New York Naval Shipyard. From the newspaper archive, the keel laid in Virginia was being called Forrestal on the date it was laid. Same with Saratoga, keel laid as Saratoga, in Brooklyn. There are some articles in 1950 with the sec-def expressing opposition to naming a proposed super-carrier after Forrestal on the grounds that carriers were not normally named after persons. (except one named for FDR) However, by 1951 most of the articles refer to the lead ship as Forrestal or James V. Forrestal. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:37, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

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