SINKEX exercises—during which decommissioned warships are sunk under fire—remain a way to provide training that cannot be replicated outside of armed conflict. During the September 2022 Atlantic ...
Summary and Key Points: On May 14, 2005, the USS America made its final contribution to national defense by becoming the first supercarrier intentionally sunk in a live-fire exercise. -This "SINKEX" ...
U.S. Navy’s 2005 SINKEX (Sinking Exercise) on the decommissioned supercarrier USS America (CV-66). This remains one of the ...