USS America (CV-66)

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USS America (CV-66) was a U.S. Navy supercarrier that served from the 1960s through the early 1990s, participating in major Cold War and post–Vietnam operations before being intentionally sunk in 2005 as a live-fire test platform.

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USS America (CV-66) canonical 2

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instanceOf Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier
United States Navy ship
aircraftCapacity around 80–90 aircraft
airWing Carrier Air Wing 1
Carrier Air Wing 6
Carrier Air Wing 8
armament Phalanx CIWS
RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles
linked to: RIM-7 Sea Sparrow

various 5-inch guns (early in career)
awarded Battle Efficiency Award
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Navy Unit Commendation
Southwest Asia Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
builder Newport News Shipbuilding
commissioned 1965-01-23
conflictParticipated Cold War
Lebanon crisis of 1983
Operation Desert Shield
Operation Desert Storm
Operation El Dorado Canyon
Vietnam War
country United States of America
decommissioned 1996-08-09
displacement approximately 60,000 tons standard
over 80,000 tons full load
fate sunk as target
homeport Norfolk, Virginia
hullNumber CV-66
laidDown 1961-01-09
launched 1964-02-01
maximumSpeed over 30 knots
namedAfter United States of America
notableFeature first U.S. supercarrier intentionally sunk as a live-fire test target
operator United States Navy
propulsion conventional steam turbines
oil-fired boilers
servicePeriod 1965–1996
shipClass Kitty Hawk class
shipType aircraft carrier
conventional-powered aircraft carrier
sinkingMethod live-fire test
sinkingPurpose survivability assessment of aircraft carriers
weapons effects testing
successorNameCarrier USS America (LHA-6)
sunk 2005-05-14
theaterOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Persian Gulf

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Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier includesShip USS America (CV-66)
USS Constellation (CV-64) successorInClass USS America (CV-66)