CV-66 USS America

1965 to 1996

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America (1965) class
CV - Aircraft Carrier

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History of CV-66 USS America
1960	Ordered
1961-jan-9	Laid down	as CVA-66
1964-feb-1	Launched
1965-jan-23	Commissioned
1968-may	Aircraft	Second Indochina War (Vietnam War) may68-nov68 embarked HC-2
1974-oct-12	Homeport	arrived
1974-nov	Refit	nov74-sep75 overhaul at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Reclassified as CV-66
1980-apr	Refit	CIWS Phalanx 20 mm 3x CIWS fitted during refit
1982-sep-25	Port Visit	Spithead visited Portsmouth 25-28 Sep 1982 with HS-11 SH-3 embarked
1986-apr-1	Aircraft	CH-46 Sea Knight, based on smaller ship, crashed and burned on carrier s deck north of Syracuse, Sicily
1986-apr-12	Deployment	Operation El Dorado Canyon-Libya, April 12-17
1996-aug-9	Decommissioned	NS Norfolk Decommissioned at Norfolk Naval Shipyard
2005-may-12	Fate: sunk	Wreck of USS America Sunk as target appr. 250mile East of North Carolina coast, SE of Cape Hatteras

Specifications

from America (1965) class
5430	crew
81000	full load (tn)
319.25	length (m)
39.60	beam (m)
11.30	draught (m)
8000	range (nm)
32	max speed (knots)



3	Missile Launcher Sea Sparrow VLS



3	Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm



1	Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-49
1	Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-67

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