Summary and Key Points: On May 14, 2005, the USS America made its final contribution to national defense by becoming the first supercarrier intentionally sunk in a live-fire exercise. -This "SINKEX" ...
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The US Navy tried and failed to sink its own aircraft carrier
The U.S. Navy decommissioned the USS America supercarrier in 1996—then deliberately tried to sink her in 2005 off Cape Hatteras as part of a classified live-fire experiment. It took four weeks, and ...
U.S. Navy’s 2005 SINKEX (Sinking Exercise) on the decommissioned supercarrier USS America (CV-66). This remains one of the most significant and still largely classified live-fire tests ever conducted ...
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