8.
Apr. 13, 2013

Great site!!! I'm a plank owner on CVA-66.  A V-4 div. original member.  Thanks for the information and great photos!! So sad she was scuttled. Thanks again!!!

Frankie Blodgett ABFAN

7.
Mar. 5, 2012

The photo on page 5 "November 10, 1989: Sailors man the rails as the USS America CV-66 arrives at her homeport NAS Norfolk, Virginia following deployment." The homeport for USS AMERICA was NOB (Naval Operating Base) Norfolk, VA, not NAS (Naval Air Station) Norfolk, VA. Other than that one error I found your tribute to the AMERICA very interesting.

Thanks for your work and service,
Hartley Odom

6.
Mar. 27, 2011

I was onboard the USS AMERICA from 1964-1967 and I was wanting to know if there was any place I can get ships photo books from that time frame. I see from the photos on your great web site that she was sunk and is there any reunion any place for her crew? I was shipped off of her in 1967 and transferred to the USS ESSEX to finish my enlistment.

Thomas Bacorn
Fowler, Ohio

5.
Oct. 30, 2010

Great work done on this site. It's just awesome. Allot of memories were brought back when reading some comments and photos of ex-America crew members. I served two West-Pac deployments in 1968 and 1970. Was assigned to the Port-side Terrier Missile Launcher in SAM and later GM Division (Weapons Dept). Does anyone in the Medical Dept remember my accident on the Starboard Side Terrier Missile Launcher sponson ?
America was on an ORI training off Puerto Rico area in 1968. I fell from an area under the flight deck overhang to the steel deck of the Starboard side Missile Launcher platform. I don't remember what transpired after that. I was unconscious. My ex-crew members stated that I was placed on a stokes stretcher and hauled up over the flight deck with a rope and carried down a bomb elevator to sick bay. I would like to know who were the corpsmen who carried me to sick bay or anyone who remembers this incident.

I have made a DVD copy of America's 1970 West Pac Deployment from the time we left Pier 12, Norfolk, Va. in April 1970 to the time America's return to Norfolk, Pier 12, in Dec 1970. If anyone is interested in obtaining a copy of this DVD, please contact me via e-mail @ america6@satx.rr.com (The cost is $10.00 to cover the DVD and shipping)


Ernest Reyes
San Antonio, Texas

4.
Aug. 18, 2010

This is a great site. Thank you very much. I was a SH3 on board the USS AMERICA CVA 66 for her second Med cruise and her first around the world Vietnam West Pac cruise 1965-1967. She was a wonderful lady.

Ernie Vescovo
Memphis, Tennessee

3.
Aug. 12, 2010

I was stationed (several times) on the USS AMERICA (CVA-66) as a Hospital Corpsman assigned to the 6th and 8th Marines, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina beginning in 1981. It was on (what I used to call "My Miss America") the USS AMERICA that I made the rank of and proudly pinned my 'crow' on my arm. I made many life-long friends amongst my Marine Brothers, some of which I still, almost 30 years later, maintain contact. The days and years have quickly passed as some memories have slightly faded; I have fond memories of 'getting myself lost' in her passageways and decks. May the spirit and the FREEDOM the USS AMERICA brought to so many soldiers and sailors continue with calm seas and prevailing winds.

I would like to know if there is a 'member roster' or perhaps an 'association' established for those of us that were stationed on the "CVA." Thank you for posting the site...looking forward to your response.

Cheers,
Edward Terrell, M.D.
LCDR, MC, USN
La Jolla, California

2.
Dec. 22, 2008

A great ship, I served aboard 1972-1974. Thanks for the pictures.

PR3 Phillip Steele

1.
Aug. 18, 2007

This is a cool site! I served aboard her from '82-86' in V-4 div(Air Dept). Some of the pic's I recognize from my cruise book,very well done. I was sad to see her sank,The best years of my young life was my experience on the AMERICA.

Michael Kittman, ABF 2