‘Admiral, the Aircraft Carrier Is Sunk’: Why the U.S. Navy Sunk Its Own Supercarrier, USS America

‘Admiral, the Aircraft Carrier Is Sunk’: Why the U.S. Navy Sunk Its Own Supercarrier, USS America

U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier USS America Was Sunk By the U.S. Navy for a Reason  The USS America (CVA-66) was the third ship to carry that name. It was a supercarrier that, per the Navy’s official website, was laid down on New Year’s Day in 1961, launched three years later in 1964, and commissioned at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in January of 1965, going underway for the first time that March.  However, the story of what happened at the end of its life…