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U.S.S. AMERICA CVA 66 Keel Laid January 9, 1961; Launched February 1st, 1964; Built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Newport News, Va.; Commissioned January 20, 1965; Length 1047 1/2; Flight Deck 4.57 Acres; Displacement 77,600 Tons; 2 Anchors, each weighing 30 tons.
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U.S.S. AMERICA CVA 66
U.S.S. AMERICA CVA 66 Keel Laid January 9, 1961; Launched February 1st, 1964; Built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Newport News, Va.; Commissioned January 20, 1965; Length 1047 1/2; Flight Deck 4.57 Acres; Displacement 77,600 Tons; 2 Anchors, each weighing 30 tons.
Manufactured by: Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, N. Y. (American, 1934–1980)
American
Medium/Technique
Chromolithograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.10310
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Used.
25-C Pub. by Seaboard Photo Service, Inc., Norfolk, Va.
MADE BY DEXTER PRESS, INC. WEST NYACK, NEW YORK
25-C Pub. by Seaboard Photo Service, Inc., Norfolk, Va.
MADE BY DEXTER PRESS, INC. WEST NYACK, NEW YORK
Marks
Canceled. Sent 1966 from Portsmouth, VA to Norfolk, VA.
InscriptionsYes
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)