SINKING OF THE U.S.S AMERICA - THE ONLY UNITED STATES SUPERCARRIER EVER SUNK. It's May 14th, 2005, and a huge aircraft carrier slips beneath the waves of the North Atlantic, all the way down to the ocean floor at a depth of 2,810 fathoms, or 16,860 feet. The photo depicted here shows waves breaking its front as it slowly starts to slip underwater. It is the only photo of U.S. Navy Supercarrier being sunk. The location of the wreck at 33 degrees, 9 minutes, 9 seconds north latitude and 71 degrees