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The U.S. Navy Failed for 4 Weeks to Sink Its Own Aircraft Carrier and Got Desperate
The service would soon discover that sinking a U.S. aircraft carrier is easier said than done. USS America (CVA/CV-66) was one of three Kitty Hawk-class supercarriers designed for the Navy in the ...
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'4 Weeks of Explosions': The Navy Failed to Sink Their Own Aircraft Carrier
Finally, the leviathan was sent to the bottom of the Atlantic. The sinking of the USS America was the first time a carrier of her size had been sent to the bottom of the drink. Dubbed “SINKEX ...