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USS America
Three United States Navy have been named USS America, after America, the large landmass of the Western Hemisphere.
- The first America was a 74-gun ship of the line laid down in 1777, but not launched until 1782, at which time she was given to France and used there for a few years before being broken up.
- The second America was originally the German liner[?] Amerika[?] seized in World War I and used as a transport during the war.
- The third America (CV-66)[?] was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1965 and decommissioned 1996.
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