USS America was one of three Kitty Hawk-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1960s. Commissioned as CVA-66, the aircraft carrier spent most of her career in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, but made three Pacific deployments, in 1968, 1970 and 1972, serving in the Vietnam War. She also served in the Persian Gulf War's operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. She was decommissioned in 1996.