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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 .
CV-66 America: Kitty Hawk: 23 January 1965 9 August 1996 31 years, 199 days Sunk as target ship in the Atlantic Ocean in 2005 [64] CV-67 John F. Kennedy: John F. Kennedy (lead ship) 7 September 1968 23 March 2007 38 years, 197 days Undergoing scrapping [65] [61] CVN-68 Nimitz: Nimitz (lead ship) 3 May 1975 — 49 years, 298 days
The Kitty Hawk-class supercarriers of the United States Navy were an incremental improvement on the Forrestal-class vessels. Three were built, all in the 1960s, Kitty Hawk (CV-63) (1961–2009), Constellation (CV-64) (1961–2003), and America (CV-66) (1965–1996), as well as the variant John F. Kennedy (CV-67) (1967–2007).
USS America (CVA-66) 29 November 1965 – 10 July 1966 Mediterranean U.S. Sixth Fleet: USS America (CVA-66) 10 January 1967 – 20 September 1967 Mediterranean: U.S. Sixth Fleet: USS America (CVA-66) 10 April 1968 – 16 December 1968 Yankee Station: Task Force 77: USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) 2 January 1970 – 27 July 1970 Mediterranean ...
U.S. Navy insignia from the Carrier Air Wing Eight website; U.S. Navy photo from the USS America (CVA-66) 1972-1973 cruise book available at Navysite.de Author U.S. Navy; Original uploader was Mackin90 at en.wikipedia 13 November 2008 (original upload date)
A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4J-29-MC Phantom II (BuNo 153787) from Fighter Squadron 74 (VF-74) "Be-Devilers" lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS America (CVA-66). VF-74 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) aboard the America for a deployment to Vietnam from 5 June 1972 to 24 March 1973.
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