What You Need to Know: The USS America (CVA/CV-66), a Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, was sunk in 2005 after weeks of controlled explosions as part of a live-fire test to study how a large ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS America (CV-66), a Cold War-era aircraft carrier, was purposefully sunk by the U.S. Navy on May 14, 2005, after being decommissioned in 1996. -Despite protests from ...

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What You Need to Know: The USS America (CV-66), a Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier commissioned in 1965, showcased exceptional resilience throughout its 30-year service. Participating in major ...

The USS America's sinking followed decades of service — and weeks of bombardment. Sinking an aircraft carrier proved harder than the US Navy thought.

In fact, this photo was taken on the 1988 Dependents’ Day Cruise of the USS America (CV-66) and the F-14 Tomcat driver who performed this incredible super low, super close pass is Dale “Snort ...

Half the Forrestal/Kitty Hawk fleet (The USS Forrestal (CV 59), USS Saratoga (CV 60), USS Ranger (CV 61) and USS America (CV 66)) were retired between 1993 and 1996, even though the hulls could ...

The ship was the first of three “Kitty Hawk Class” supercarriers, along with the USS Constellation (CV-64) and the USS America (CV-66). In service from 1961 to 2009, the USS Kitty Hawk also ...

They have presented a capstan cover from ex-America (CV 66) to the USS John C Stennis (CVN 74). The capstan is a rotating machine used onboard ship and dock walls for heaving in ropes, cables and ...

Crewmen and aviators aboard the aircraft carrier USS America (CV 66) stand in formation that reads "75th Fly Navy" on the flight deck as an anniversary salute to US naval aviation.

This intrepid scribe then referred to the USS America, CV-66, as a “carrier vessel,” in a Daily Press story, leading to a firestorm of objections.