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☆ How the US Navy tried — and failed — to sink carrier USS America for weeks
  + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
The penultimate conventionally-powered aircraft carrierUSS America, seen transiting the Indian Ocean, featured an angled deck that allowed it to simultaneously land aircraft while launching others from catapults off its bow. PH2 Robert D. Bungle/National Archives CatalogUSS America was initially ordered as one of the six nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in the Enterprise class. It was the second to last conventionally powered carrier, followed by USS John F. Kennedy before the Navy began building its nuclear-powered carrier fleet. The America was one of three Kitty Hawk-class carriers, including the lead ship and USS Constellation. The America was first designated as an attack aircraft carrier and reclassified to an aircraft carrier in 1975 following a major overhaul the previous year.
Persons: Robert D, USS John F, Kennedy, Kitty Hawk Organizations: America, Enterprise, Navy, USS, USS Constellation, Newport News Shipbuilding, Norfolk Naval Shipyard Locations: America, Virginia
☆ As China churns out warships, the US Navy is looking for drones and AI to help it pick up the pace at its struggling shipyards
  + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Meanwhile, China's navy is growing thanks to shipyards that churn out naval and commercial ships. The US Navy is now looking for new tools to improve maintenance and reduce delays at its shipyards. AdvertisementAdvertisementWith maintenance backlogs hampering fleet readiness, the US Navy is hoping that autonomous systems and artificial intelligence can fix its overburdened shipyards. The solicitation cited penetrant testing, ultrasonic testing, and magnetic testing as possible solutions. AdvertisementAdvertisementAt the same time, "the Federal Government sees the development of these capabilities as benefiting industrial maintenance activities in partnership with the Navy at commercial shipyards.
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☆ The US Navy spent 4 weeks blasting one of its aircraft carriers to figure out how to keep enemies from sinking them
  + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Harrison Kass | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
In May 2005, the US Navy sank the decommissioned aircraft carrier America in the Atlantic Ocean. The USS America (CV-66) was one of three Kitty Hawk-class carriers built in the 1960s. Building the USS America of the Kitty Hawk-classUSS America in the Indian Ocean on April 24, 1983. The career of the USS AmericaA U-2 reconnaissance aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS America. A declassified image of USS America sinking after four weeks of live-fire weapons damage tests in May 2005.
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