Title

USS America (CVA/CV-66)

Photographer

Courtesy of the Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum

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Subject

USS America, Avengers, Navy, Naval Air Station, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Description

Avengers over USS America (CVA-CV-66)

USS America (CVA/CV-66) was one of three Kitty Hawk-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1960s. Commissioned in 1965, she spent most of her career in the Atlantic and Mediterranean but did make three Pacific deployments serving in the Vietnam War. She also served in the Persian Gulf War's operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. America was the first large aircraft carrier since Operation Crossroads in 1946 to be expended in weapons tests. In 2005, she was scuttled southeast of Cape Hatteras, after four weeks of tests, despite a large protest of former crew members who wanted to see her instituted as a memorial museum. She was the largest warship ever to be sunk. Wikipedia

Date Digital

2019

Date Original

2021

Format

color photographic print

Digital Collection

NASFL Ships