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Her name . . . the personal choice of . . . President John F. Kennedy After more than 200 years, the name and ship were finally united in defense of the country whose name she so proudly bears. Her name was the personal choice of the late Presi- dent John F. Ken nedy. She is conventionally powered, but at one point, while still on the drawing boards, AMERICA was designated to be nuclear powered. Plans were changed be- fore the keel was laid, but some diagrams and component blueprints still bear the name USS AMERICA (CVAN-66). A modified FORRESTAL class carrier, her major distinctions being elevator configuration and a modernized island struc- ture. AMERICA is an enormous ship. For instance if the Eiffel Tower was laid on her flight deck, the Paris landmark would overhang a mere 5 feet. The carrier ' s length is twice the height of the Washington Monument and is only 202.5 feet shorter in length than the stupendous Empire State Build- ing. Her keel was laid in January, 1961 at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Three years later, Mrs. Catherine T. McDonald, wife of the Chief of Naval Oper- ations, christened AMERICA. After sea trials and accep- tance trials, AMERICA was commissioned on 23 Jan uary, 1965. Over six thousand spectators crowded the ship ' s han- gar deck to view the commissioning and hear addresses by Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of the Navy Paul H. Nitze, and the Governor of Virginia A. S. Harrison. I I Top (Right): AMERICA . . . under construction at Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Company. July. 1961. Middle (left): Mrs. David L. McDonald launches AMERICA. February. 1964. Middle (Right) Bottom (Left): Flight deck island and mast. Opposite page (Top): The newly commissioned AMERICA. Opposite page (Bottom): Preliminary sea trials. December. 1964. I 1
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