Ex-America sunk.The decommissioned aircraft carrier America America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. (CV 66) departed the Navy's Inactive in·ac·tive adj. 1. Not active or tending to be active. 2. a. Not functioning or operating; out of use: inactive machinery. b. Fleet Facility on 19 April for her final mission: as a live-fire test and evaluation and weapons effect platform to evaluate damage control systems for the next-generation CVN (Card Verification Number) See CSC. 21. Following a series of tests, the carrier was sunk off the East Coast on 14 May. |
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