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Title: US Navy Sinks America
Post by: 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

Title: US Navy Sinks America
Post by: Gh0stFT 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.

Title: US Navy Sinks America
Post by: Pappy35 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

Title: US Navy Sinks America
Post by: JB73 on June 07, 2005, 08:12:58 PM

almost a month ago (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=151125&highlight=america+sunk)

Title: US Navy Sinks America
Post by: Sandman on June 07, 2005, 11:26:18 PM

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Originally posted by JB73
almost a month ago (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=151125&highlight=america+sunk)

Thought that looked familiar. ;)