Author Topic: US Navy Sinks America (Read 266 times)

CMC Airboss · « **on:** June 07, 2005, 06:31:15 PM »

Retired carrier sunk off Atlantic coast

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) -- The retired aircraft carrier USS America is on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, sunk by the Navy in a series of explosive tests that upset some veterans.

The 84,000-ton, 1,048-foot warship that served the Navy for 32 years rests about 60 miles off the coast and more than 6,000 feet down, according to Pat Dolan, a spokeswoman for Naval Sea Systems Command.

More details at:

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CARRIER_SUNK?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-05-20-20-47-03

and:

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/001428.html

MiG

Gh0stFT · « **Reply #1 on:** June 07, 2005, 07:00:06 PM »

No warship this size or larger had ever been sunk

now it is,
25 days to sink 84,000-tons of metall ? not bad.

Pappy35 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 07, 2005, 08:08:32 PM »

Likely couple WWII-Era Carriers (Possible USS Oriskany CV-34 and others) will be sunk by the US Navy in this Fall 2005.

Pappy

JB73 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 07, 2005, 08:12:58 PM »

almost a month ago

Sandman · « **Reply #4 on:** June 07, 2005, 11:26:18 PM »

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Originally posted by JB73
almost a month ago

Thought that looked familiar.