The Forrestal is 1,039 feet long and would reach the 80th floor of the Empire State Building if stood on end. From keel to mast, Forrestal is as tall as a 25 story building.

The flight deck is 252 feet wide at its extreme breadth and about as long as three-and-a-half football fields. The flight deck covers a total area of approximately four acres. It is as wide as a World War One destroyer was long.

The engines that drive Forrestal deliver more than 260,000 horespower or enough horsepower to keep about 1,430 1968 six cylinder Mustangs on the road.

It takes 300,000 gallons of paint to paint Forrestal, enough for 30,000 average homes.

• Displacement (weight, full).......80,000 tons
• Crew (Including Air Wing)...5,000
• Speed.......................More than 30 knots
• Propellers (five blades each)......4 (most likely went to the John F. Kennedy CV-67)
• Rudders (45 tons each)......3 (the center one was later welded into place as part of the keel)
• Anchors (30 tons)..........2 (now part of the USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75)
• Aircraft.........More than 80
• Dial Telephones.....950
• Compartments.............More than 2,000
• Aircraft Elavators/Catapults...4 each
• Meals served Daily.........22,000
• Air Conditioning.....1,595 tons
• Daily Capacity of Fresh Water Production..300,000 gallons
• Main Propulsion Engines.........4
• Radio Receivers....95
• Radio Transmitters...........75
• Capacity of Sick Bay...60 Beds
• Closed Circuit TV Sets.............600
• Paint Used Daily....50 gallons
• Utility Boats..........6