Keywords: Douglas F4D-1 Skyray on elevator of USS Forrestal (CVA-59) on 19 April 1956.jpg A U S Navy Douglas F4D-1 Skyray BuNo 130747 assigned to the Naval Air Test Center NATC at Naval Air Station Patuxent River Maryland USA on an elevator on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal CVA-59 19 April 1956 Forrestal had just completed her shakedown cruise on 31 March and the first F4D-1 was delivered to an operational U S Navy squadron on 16 April 1956 Official U S Navy photo https //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/Other/K-20085 html K-20085 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1956-04-19 Gordon U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas F4D Skyray Aboard USS Forrestal CV-59 |