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A port bow view of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59) with a formation of crewmen spelling out TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) on the flight deck. The carrier is returning to its home port at Mayport, Florida

A port beam view of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59) with a formation of crewmen spelling out TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) on the flight deck. The carrier is returning to its home port at Mayport, Florida

A port bow view of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59) with crewmen manning the rails as the carrier returns to its home port of Mayport, Florida

A port view of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59) with crewmen manning the rails as the carrier returns to its home port of Mayport, Florida

A port bow view of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59) displays the tail antennas on the starboard side

An aerial port view of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59) transiting the Suez canal. A formation of crewmen spells out"108"on the bow to signify that the ship has been at sea for 108 consecutive days

A port bow view of the guided missile frigate USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57) moored at a pier during its commissioning

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A port bow view of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59) with a formation of crewmen spelling out TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) on the flight deck. The carrier is returning to its home port at Mayport, Florida

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Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Willard, USN

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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08/10/1988
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The SPS-49 long-range air search radar, center left, atop the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59)

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Flight deck personnel aboard the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59) scrutinize the area around a catapult track, searching for debris capable of causing foreign object damage (FOD)

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