Summary and Key Points: The USS America (CV-66), a Cold War-era aircraft carrier, was purposefully sunk by the U.S. Navy on May 14, 2005, after being decommissioned in 1996.

USS America was initially ordered as one of the six nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in the Enterprise class. However, skyrocketing production costs forced the Navy to redesign the ship to use an ...

PH2 Robert D. Bungle/National Archives Catalog USS America was initially ordered as one of the six nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in the Enterprise class. However, skyrocketing production costs ...