[MilCom] USS America

[Tom Ziko]

I remember sending message and voice traffic to NUSA on may occasions during 
my 20 years in the Navy when my ship was part of her battle group. She was a 
nice looking carrier.

Tom
Tallahassee, FL.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "NSAWC1" <nsawc1 at yahoo.com>
To: <AirCommSouthwest at yahoogroups.com>; <Milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 5:53 PM
Subject: [MilCom] USS America


> Thee USS America, a steam powered cattier commisioned
> in January 1965 and the first and only such ship to
> land a U-2, was sunk off the coast of North Carolina
> last month.
> Decommissioned in August 1996, the 84,000 ton carrier
> was first used for a series of explosive tests over a
> 25 day period by the Navy before it sank in more than
> 6000' of water about 60 miles off shore.
>
>
>
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