CV-66 America

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Kitty Hawk, [CV].

Builder: Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.

Launch date: 01 February 1964.

Commission date: 23 January 1965.

Decommission date: 09 August 1996.

Displacement ( tons ): 60.300 standard, 79.724 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 319,3 x 39,6 x 11,4

Main machinery: 8 x Foster-Wheeler boilers; 4 x Westinghouse turbines ( 280.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 32.

Range ( miles ): 4.000 at 30 knots, 12.000 at 20 knots.

Complement: 2930 ( 115 officers ), 2480 aircrew ( 320 officers ), 70 Flag ( 25 officers ).

Guns: 3 x GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 20mm.

Missiles:  SAM: 3 x Raytheon GMLS Mk29 octuple launchers for Sea Sparrow.

Radar: Air: ITT SPS-48E, 3D, E/F bands, range 402km; Raytheon SPS-49(V)5, C/D bands, range 457km; Surface: Norden SPS-67, G band; Navigation: SPS-64(V)9, Furuno 900, I band; Fire Control: 6 x Mk95 ( for SAM ), I/J bands.

Sonar: Fitted for SQS23.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk36; chaff and flare dispensers; SSTDS ( Surface Ship Torpedo Defence System ). AN/SLQ-36 Nixie, towed torpedo decoy. ESM/ECM: SLQ29, combined radar warning, jamming and deception system.

Helicopter: 4 x SH-60F (ASW), 2 x HH-60H Seahawk (strike/special forces/SAR).

Aviation: Up to 50 airplanes, that could be distributed on a normal mission as follows: up to 20 x Grumman F-14 Tomcat, 36 x McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet, 4 x Grumman EA-6B Prowler, 4 x Grumman E-2C Hawkeye, 6 x Lockheed S-3B Viking, 2 x ES-3A Shadow.

Callsign: NUSA ()

Comment: flight deck dimensions, in meters: 318,8 x 76,8. Sunk 14th May 2008, used as target.

Awards (as of 09/08/1996): 

Similar units:

 CV63 Kitty Hawk