America (1965) class - CV - Aircraft Carrier IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: 66 Call Sign: NUSA Shipyard: Newport News Shipbuilding See Also: LH America (2014) class LHA-6 Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate: sunkPort VisitRefitDeploymentHomeportAircraft History of USS America CV-66 1960OrderedOrdered 1961-jan-09Laid downLaid down as CVA-66 1964-feb-01LaunchedLaunched 1965-jan-23CommissionedCommissioned 1968-mayAircraftAircraft Second Indochina War (Vietnam War) may68-nov68 embarked HC-2 1974-oct-12HomeportHomeport arrived 1974-novRefitRefit nov74-sep75 overhaul at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Reclassified as CV-66 1980-aprRefitRefit CIWS Phalanx 20 mm 3x CIWS fitted during refit 1982-sep-25Port VisitPort Visit Spithead visited Portsmouth 25-28 Sep 1982 with HS-11 SH-3 embarked 1986-apr-01AircraftAircraft CH-46 Sea Knight, based on smaller ship, crashed and burned on carrier s deck north of Syracuse, Sicily 1986-apr-12DeploymentDeployment Operation El Dorado Canyon-Libya, April 12-17 1996-aug-09DecommissionedDecommissioned NS Norfolk Decommissioned at Norfolk Naval Shipyard 2005-may-12Fate: sunkFate: sunk Wreck of USS America Sunk as target appr. 250mile East of North Carolina coast, SE of Cape Hatteras Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications America (1965) class 5430crew 81000full load (tn) 319.25length (m) 39.60beam (m) 11.30draught (m) 8000range (nm) 32max speed (knots) 3Missile Launcher Sea Sparrow VLS 3Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm 1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-49 1Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-67 Aircraft Typical Max US Navy Sikorsky S-61 H-3 06 Builder Newport News Shipbuilding,
Spithead visited Portsmouth 25-28 Sep 1982 with HS-11 SH-3 embarked
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