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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
ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: divided. Used.
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)