来自MSN9 个月
The U.S. Navy Failed for 4 Weeks to Sink Its Own Aircraft Carrier and Got Desperate
The service would soon discover that sinking a U.S. aircraft carrier is easier said than done. USS America (CVA/CV-66) was one of three Kitty Hawk-class supercarriers designed for the Navy in the ...
来自MSN10 个月
The Navy Tried and Failed to Sink Its Own Aircraft Carrier for 4 Weeks
An A-4C Skyhawk was the first airplane to take off from the America. The carrier was decommissioned in 1996. The sinking test carried out on the USS America would probably not be replicated by the ...
UPI27 天
SS United States arrives in Alabama to be prepped for sinking, world's largest artificial reef
The two funnels will be removed before its sinking and will be placed in an onshore museum, which will also house other artifacts from the ship. The entire project -- which includes acquiring the ...
6abc News27 天
SS United States to be stripped, prepared for sinking off Florida's Gulf coast
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The SS United States has officially arrived in Mobile, Alabama, where it will now be stripped and prepped for sinking. For decades, the former luxury ocean liner had been ...