Alex Grinenko

USS Tattnall (DDG-19) was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer commissioned into the United States Navy in 1963. Throughout her service, Tattnall participated in Cold War operations, including Mediterranean deployments with the Sixth Fleet and NATO exercises, providing air defense and anti-submarine capabilities. The ship played a key role during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, operating as part of the U.S. naval presence in the Eastern Mediterranean. After nearly three decades of service, USS Tattnall was decommissioned in 1991 and later sunk as a target in 1999.

USS Forrestal

U.S. Navy

The USS Forrestal was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. It was named after James Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defense. Commissioned in 1955, the USS Forrestal served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. The ship was decommissioned in 1993 and eventually scrapped in 2014.

USS Barry (DD-933) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer commissioned by the United States Navy in September 1956. Throughout her service, Barry conducted numerous operations in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Caribbean, including crisis response during the 1958 Lebanon crisis and patrols during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. She participated in NATO exercises and served as a goodwill ambassador during port visits around the world. Decommissioned in 1982, USS Barry later became a museum ship in Washington, D.C., until her removal in 2015.