Uss America
Three
United States Navy
ships have been named
USS ''America
'', after
America
, the large landmass of the Western Hemisphere.
The first
America
was a 74-gun
ship of the line
laid down in
1777
, but not launched until
1782
, at which time she was given to
France
and used there for a few years before being broken up.
A
America
was part of the
Stone Fleet
.
The second
America
was originally the
German
liner
Amerika
seized in
World War I
and used as a transport during the war.
The third
America
(CV-66)
was an
aircraft carrier
commissioned in
1965
and decommissioned
1996
. She now sits at the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
.
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