Three United States Navy ships have been named USS America, after America, the large landmass of the Western Hemisphere. The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... The Americas (sometimes referred to as America) is the area including the land mass located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, generally divided into North America and South America. ...
The first America was a 74-gun ship of the line laid down in 1777, but not launched until 1782, at which time she was given to France and used there for a few years before being broken up.
The second America was originally the GermanlinerAmerika seized in World War I and used as a transport during the war.
The third America (CV-66) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1965 and decommissioned 1996. She then sat at the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2005 she was intentionally sunk during target testing in the Atlantic Ocean.
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AMERICA spent the remainder of 1973 preparing for her next deployment, and was highlighted by a most significant milestone in the life of a carrier; her 100,000th arrested landing being recorded on 29 August by her carrier-on-board (COD) aircraft.
AMERICA was off to the Mediterranean for her seventh deployment in January 1974 and it would be uneventful until near the end of the cruise, in mid-July.
AMERICA underwent a major overhaul from November 1974 to September 1975, during which she was configured to operate the new fighter F-14A Tomcat and ASW aircraft S-3A Viking.
America transited the Dardanelles on 21 June and arrived at Istanbul, where Rear Admiral Geis laid a wreath at the foot of the grave of the Unknown Soldier as a tribute to the Turkish war dead.
America conducted local operations out of Norfolk into October, and during this period the ship celebrated a significant milestone in the life of a carrier: she logged her 100,000th landing on 29 August 1973, when her COD aircraft (nicknamed "Miss America"), piloted by Lt. Cmdr.
America, with CVW-1 embarked, and her accompanying battle group departed Norfolk on 10 March 1986, and arrived in the Mediterranean in time to participate in the third phase of "Attain Document," a freedom of navigation (FON) exercise in the Gulf of Sidra.
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