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The U.S. Navy Failed for 4 Weeks to Sink Its Own Aircraft Carrier and Got Desperate
USS America was laid down in 1961 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corporation. By 1965, she conducted her first catapult launch with a Douglas A-C4 Skyhawk.
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SS United States passes by Hampton Roads on its way to be turned into a reef
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The SS United States may have ... Watch related coverage: Norfolk-based USS Harry S. Truman collides with merchant vessel in the Mediterranean Sea USS Harry S.
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Visitors receive rare chance to view historic USS Monitor turret at Mariners’ Museum and Park
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – For the first time in six years, the USS Monitor’s turret tank is being drained, allowing visitors the opportunity to view the usually hidden turret. The turret is ...