USS America CV-66
Looking Back (to my pre-digital camera days)
Stokes Bay
September 1991
A brief photo-report using scanned slides taken aboard USS America with CVW-1 (AB) embarked,  during its UK visit when moored in Stokes Bay which is between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

USS America was the third Kitty Hawk class aircraft carrier. Initially commissioned as attack aircraft carrier CVA-66, she was redesignated as multi-purpose aircraft carrier CV-66 in 1975.
On April 19, 2005, USS America was towed off the east coast where the ship was finally disposed of during a classified SinkEx. The USS America is the only supercarrier ever sunk, either on purpose or in combat.
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Grumman F-14A Tomcat (162704 'AB-102') with VF-102 'Diamondbacks'.
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Left to right: F-14A Tomcats (161151 'AB-206', 160399 'AB-203' and 162698 'AB-202') with VF-33 'Starfighters' and F-14A Tomcat (162696 'AB-103') with VF-102 'Diamondbacks'.
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F-14A Tomcat (160399 'AB-203') with VF-33 'Starfighters'.
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Left to right: A-6E Intruders (151814 'AB-522' and 161106 'AB-501') of VA-85 'Black Falcons'.
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Left to right: A-6E Intruder (161232 'AB-504') and KA-6D Intruders (155598 'AB-523' and 151810 'AB-521') of VA-85 'Black Falcons'.
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Left to right: EA-6B Prowlers (161779 'AB-620', 159584 'AB-621' and 162638 'AB-624') of VAQ-137 'Rooks'.
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Left to right: F/A-18C Hornet (163467 'AB-300') with VFA-82 'Marauders' marked CVW-1 and F/A-18 Hornet (163450 'AB-403') with VFA-86 'Sidewinders'.
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Left to right: Grumman E-2C Hawkeyes (162619 'AB-600' and 160008 'AB-604') with VAW-123 'Screwtops' and Lockheed S-3B Viking (160601 'AB-704') with VS-32 'Maulers'.