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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 .
USS America (LHA-6), is an amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy and the lead ship of the America-class amphibious assault ship.The fourth U.S. warship to be named for the United States of America, she was delivered in spring of 2014, replacing Peleliu of the Tarawa class.
SS America alongside the new aircraft carrier USS America at Newport News, c. 1964. America 's postwar career was successful, if uneventful. Finally, it was able to sail the New York–Le Havre– Bremerhaven – Cobh route that had been delayed by World War II.
USS America sinking in the Atlantic in 2005 as a naval target. It is the largest warship ever sunk. It is the largest warship ever sunk. Sinking redundant warships is an effective way of testing new weapons and warships in as realistic a manner as possible.
SS Central America, known as the Ship of Gold, was a 280-foot (85 m) sidewheel steamer that operated between Central America and the East Coast of the United States during the 1850s. She was originally named the SS George Law , after George Law of New York.
The sinking of the USS Indianapolis resulted in the greatest single loss of life at sea, on a single ship, in the history of the U.S. Navy.
Bob Cole, 100, stands near a model of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8), on which Cole served, on the 80th anniversary of the sinking of the ship, while visiting the Veterans Memorial Museum ...
The ship struck several mines within minutes and broke into three sections. 15 of her crew were killed in the sinking. USS Reuben James (DD-245) was acting as escort for British convoys as a part of the Neutrality Patrol when on 23 October 1941 around daybreak the ship was hit by a torpedo fired from U-552, which was aiming for a cargo vessel ...