USS America (CVA/CV-66) was one of three Kitty Hawk-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1960s. Commissioned in 1965, she spent...
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Carrier Air Wing Six (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
ships, in 1964 (pictured). CVW-6 embarked on the new supercarrier USS America (CVA-66) for its 1965 shakedown cruise, and during that ship's second deployment...
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USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11), also known as The Fighting "I", is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States...
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USS Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy (USN) during World War II. Completed in late 1943, the ship...
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USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) was the 14th of the 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States...
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USS Wasp (CV/CVA/CVS-18) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the ninth US Navy...
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USS Coral Sea (CV/CVB/CVA-43), a Midway-class aircraft carrier, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of the Coral Sea...
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USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. Commissioned 8 days after the end of...
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USS Ranger (CVA-61) included two Vietnam cruises. CVW-9 made seven subsequent Vietnam deployments aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS America (CVA-66)...
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Thomas B. Hayward (category American Korean War pilots)
Vietnam as Commanding Officer of the USS Graffias (AF-29) and later as Commanding Officer of the USS America (CVA-66), for which he was awarded the Legion...
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The USS America Carrier Veterans Association (CVA) had pushed to name the ship USS America. The CVA is an association of sailors who served aboard USS America (CV-66)...
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Sampson was assigned to the USS America CVA-66 task group. This task group also joined up with TG 60.2, the carrier Saratoga CVA-60, and her destroyers under...
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USS Hancock (CV/CVA-19) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Hancock was the fourth US Navy...
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USS Valley Forge (CV/CVA/CVS-45, LPH-8) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy...
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VMFA-333 (category Use American English from January 2024)
Air Station Oceana for a six month deployment on board the USS America (CVA-66). The America arrived at Yankee Station off the coast of South Vietnam on...
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A-7s, two A-6s, an EB-66, an HH-53 rescue helicopter and an RA-5C reconnaissance aircraft). During these operations, ten American aviators were killed...
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of NASA, Helicopter 66 also transported the Shah of Iran during his 1973 visit to the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk. Helicopter 66 was delivered to the...
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Carrier Strike Group 6 (category Use American English from July 2015)
by Leyte. On 1 August 1955, the division consisted of USS Intrepid (CVA-11) and USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) (flagship), both homeported at Norfolk. In June 1970...
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Organization of United States Naval Aviation Units in the Gulf War (category Use American English from January 2024)
squadrons. USS America CV-66 USS Virginia CGN-38 USS Normandy CG-60 USS William V. Pratt DDG-44 USS Preble DDG-46 USS Halyburton FFG-40 USS America crossed...
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Barnes (DE-353); Naval Air Base Samar, Philippines; USS Gardiners Bay (AVP-39), USS Boxer (CVA-21); USS Antietam (CVA-36); U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard, Washington...
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Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 333(VMFA-333) off the deck of the USS America (CV-66), he and his RIO led a four-ship MigCap mission northeast of Hanoi...
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List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy (redirect from List of American aircraft carriers)
designated with hull classification symbols such as CV (Aircraft Carrier), CVA (Attack Aircraft Carrier), CVB (Large Aircraft Carrier), CVL (Light Aircraft...
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deployed aboard USS America (CVA-66), USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS Ranger (CVA-61), USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), and USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)...
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now open to the public at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California. Hull codes; CV – Fleet/Multi-purpose carrier CVA – Attack carrier CVB – Large...
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military loss by any one American family during World War II. The first ship named for the brothers was the Fletcher-class destroyer USS The Sullivans (DD-537)...
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Norfolk Naval Station for duty as escort to the newly commissioned America (CVA-66), undergoing sea trials during the late summer of 1965. A relaxed leave...
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USS Wasp USS Hancock ‡ USS Bennington USS Boxer ‡ USS Bon Homme Richard USS Leyte ‡ USS Kearsarge ‡ USS Antietam ‡ USS Princeton ‡ USS Shangri-La ‡ USS Lake...
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Online: Amphibious Photo Archive Websites. Retrieved June 19, 2018. "USS AMERICA (CVA-66) - Commanding Officers". navsource.org. NavSource Online: Aircraft...
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The Golden Eagles. Retrieved 2021-03-06. "Commanding Officers of USS America (CVA/CV-66)". NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 2021-03-06. "Photo Release...
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CV, CVL and CVA), the Navy's first carrier, USS Langley (CV-1), was converted from a collier, while carriers USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3)...
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