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To: Jeff Head
there are five US Navy Aircraft Carrier museums

Where is the USS America (CVA/CV-66)museum?

4 posted on 07/12/2013 7:49:43 AM PDT by MosesKnows (Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.)
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To: MosesKnows
Where is the USS America (CVA/CV-66)museum?

About 250 miles south east of Cape Hatteras in about 17000 feet of water.

13 posted on 07/12/2013 8:11:51 AM PDT by 0.E.O
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To: MosesKnows

USS America (CV-66) is on the bottom of the Atlantic. She was ‘expended’ as they say in a SinkEx to develop design criteria to improve the survivability of the current generation of carriers.


32 posted on 07/12/2013 9:16:45 AM PDT by Tallguy (Hunkered down in Pennsylvania)
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To: MosesKnows

At the bottom of the Atlantic(She was sunk around 2003 or 2004).


50 posted on 07/12/2013 12:12:00 PM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: MosesKnows

Ameerica was sunk in a SINKEX, live fire exercise. She took a LOT to go down, in fact rumor has it that IED personnel had to go onboard and wire her to sink. She taught the Navy a lot.


56 posted on 07/12/2013 4:52:22 PM PDT by Jeff Head
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To: MosesKnows
Where is the USS America (CVA/CV-66)museum?

The Navy sank her to gather data for the USS Gerald R Ford about four years ago. She was sank off VACAPES in about 15,000 ft of water. She was considered too classified to allow access to her in less shallow water.

74 posted on 07/12/2013 5:36:05 PM PDT by cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
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