About the USS FORRESTAL Association:

The USS FORRESTAL Association is a non-profit veterans organization established in 1990, our current membership has grown to over 2900 members. Our organization is committed to preserving the memory and spirit of the USS FORRESTAL. As our ship sits, tied to a pier in Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, we are fully in support of the efforts to turn her into a museum. Bottom line is, the association is about memories. Our activities not only focus on those happy events we all like to remember, but we also take time to bid farewell to association members who have passed on and to remember shipmates who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Executive Committee

• President- Hugh McCabe
• Vice President- Rick Cribbis
• Secretary/Treasurer- Jim Brussell
• Master At Arms- Maurice A. "Moe" Cooper

FORRESTAL Association Staff

• Membership Chairman- Leslie "Jim" Stewart
• Memorial Services Coordinator- Joseph F. Costello
• Chaplain- Father John H. Dux
• Historian- Ken Killmeyer
• Spot Sheet Editor- Capt John Bryan USN (Ret)
• Parliamentarian- George Towsend
• Honor Guard OIC- Warren Eskola
• Webmaster- Nick Kowalewicz

How do I join?

If you are a former crew member (including ships company, Marines, and Air Wing personnel attached to the ship) and would like to join the USS FORRESTAL Association please fill out the application and send it to the address on the bottom. If you don't have a printer, click on the membership chairman's email link at the top of this page and request a copy be mailed to you.

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About this web site

The USS FORRESTAL web site was "launched" in June 1996 and has been sponsored by the USS FORRESTAL Association, Inc. since February 1997.

The "News", "Links", "Guestbook", "Contact", "Cart", "Memberships" and other resources are moderated by the FORRESTAL Association's executive board members. The updates, deletions and modifications are soley up to the descretion of the executive board members.

In July of 2010, Nick K, son of WestPac crew member John K., has been promoted to webmaster duties.

If you have any questions for the new webmaster recruit,
please contact Nick K using our online contact form. If you have questions regarding memberships, stores, meetings, ceremonies, historical, or other information pertaining to the USS FORRESTAL CVA/CV/AVT-59 Association, please, use the contact form available on this website.