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Date Posted: 15:04:21 11/15/13 Fri
Author: Buc2
Author Host/IP: 23.25.106.209
Subject: Sad. A couple of interesting facts about USS America...
In reply to: Ravenous 's message, "Re: I agree." on 14:31:12 11/15/13 Fri

I got this from Wiki. I knew about #'s 1, 3 & 4, but had not heard about #2.

1 - America held the distinctions of being the last U.S. supercarrier built not named after a person, and
2- being the first large aircraft carrier since Operation Crossroads in 1946 to be expended in weapons tests.
3 - In 2005, she was scuttled southeast of Cape Hatteras, after four weeks of tests, despite a large protest of former crew-members who wanted to see her instituted as a memorial museum.
4 - She was the largest warship ever to be sunk.

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