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USS America (CV-66) - ... and enlisted Armament: Terrier missile launchers Aircraft: about 75 The third USS America (CV-66), originally CVA-66, was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served from 1965 to 1996. She was laid down on 1 January 1961 at ... getting underway on 25 March. She conducted her first catapult launch on 5 April 1965, with Comdr. Kenneth B. Austin, the carrier's executive officer, piloting a Douglas A-4C Skyhawk. Proceeding thence to the Caribbean, the carrier conducted shakedown training and concluded it at Guantanamo Bay on 23 June. Entering the Norfolk shipyard for post-shakedown ...

USS Yorktown (CV-10) - ... guns, 46 x 20mm guns Aircraft: 80+ The fourth USS Yorktown (CV-10) (also CVS-10) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, now a museum ship in South Carolina. She was laid down on 1 December 1941 ... shakedown training in the vicinity of Trinidad. She returned to Norfolk on 17 June and began post-shakedown availability. The aircraft carrier completed repairs on 1 July and began air operations out of Norfolk until the 6th. On the latter day, she ... of that day launching fighter and bomber strikes on Marcus Island before beginning the retirement to Hawaii that evening. The aircraft carrier reentered Pearl Harbor on 7 September and remained there for two days. On the 9th, she stood out to ...

USS Wasp (CV-7) - ... inch guns, 16 x .50-cal MGs Aircraft: 80 The eighth USS Wasp (CV-7) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier. She was laid down on 1 April 1936 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company, launched on 4 April ... for calibration tests on her radio direction finder gear. After further fitting out while anchored in Boston harbor, the new aircraft carrier steamed independently to Hampton Roads, anchoring there on 24 June. Four days later, she sailed for the Caribbean in company with Morris (DD-417). En route, she conducted the first of many carrier qualification tests. Among the earliest of the qualifiers was Lt. (jg.) David T. McCampbell, who later became the Navy' ...

USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) - ... 12 x 5-inch guns Aircraft: 80+ The fourth USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) of the United States Navy was an aircraft carrier. The ship was laid down as Hancock on 1 February 1943 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding ... Kiefer in command. Ticonderoga remained at Norfolk for almost two months outfitting and embarking Air Group 89. On 26 June, the carrier shaped a course for the British West Indies. She conducted air operations and drills en route and reached Port of ... the West Indies on 16 July and headed back to Norfolk where she arrived on the 22d. Eight days later, the carrier headed for Panama. She transited the Panama Canal on 4 September and steamed up the coast to San Diego ...

USS Wasp (CV-18) - ... x 20mm guns Aircraft: 80+ The ninth USS Wasp (CV-18) of the United States Navy was an Essex-class aircraft carrier. The ship was laid down as Oriskany on 18 March 1942 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem Steel Company; renamed ... period to correct minor flaws which had been discovered during her time at sea. On 10 January 1944 the new aircraft carrier departed Boston; steamed to Hampton Roads, Virginia; and remained there until the last day of the month, when she sailed ... Majuro Rear Admiral Alfred E. Montgomery's newly formed Task Group 58.6 of Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher's Fast Carrier Task Force (TF 58). On 14 May, she and her sister carriers of TG 58.6, Essex (CV-9) ...