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The USS America is important in the history of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard because:
(NK5) Norfolk, VA, January 23, 1965 - AMERICA IS COMMISSIONED
Bands played, jets flashed overhead and Secretary of State Dean Rusk spoke as the America,
the nation's newest aircraft carrier, was commissioned at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA,
Saturday afternoon. The carrier's island towers above the dock in this picture.
(AP Wirephoto) (rea72000) 1965
USS America ~ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, courtesy of Naval History & Heritage Command.
