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USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 Aircraft Carrier Exhibit, Pictures and Stories.
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Take a Virtual Exhibit Cruise aboard the Aircraft Carrier, CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk 1977 - 1978. The Pictures in this USS Kitty Hawk Exhibit were taken by various members of the Kitty Hawk Aircraft Carrier. |
Take a cruise aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Kitty Hawk one of the greatest US Navy Ships in our fleet. These pages contain Over 100 Pictures and Stories of the USS Kitty Hawk, CV63 in action on the West Pac Cruise of 1977 with other exhibits of the Kitty Hawk in the Gulf of Tonkin and Japan.
The Kitty Hawk is one of the greatest aircraft carriers that has ever sailed.
If you were in the Navy instead of saying the USS Kitty Hawk, you may say, Hawk, Kitty,
Aircraft Carrier, Navy, Mil, USS. A little joke for those sailors who have worked
in supply. The USS Kitty Hawk
holds about 85 airplanes, more than 6000 military personnel, it carriers
as much as 1.2 million pounds of conventional weapons, it has trucks, fairly
large boats for the captain and the admiral, it can travel more than 32
knots and is one of most feared military machines in the world. All
this - and its mission is to keep the peace. Planned De-commissioning
2008 Class: Kitty Hawk Class, Built By the New York Ship Building Corp.,
Camden, N.J. Powered by Eight Foster-Wheeler boilers, four
Westinghouse geared steam turbines, four shafts, 280,000 shaft horsepower.
The USS Kitty Hawk's length is 1062.5 feet (323.8 meters), its Flight Deck Width is
252 feet (76.8 meters) Width at sea level is 130 feet (39 meters).
The total displacement is about 60,100 tons, Standard, and 80,800 tons fully
loaded, with recent specifications of 85,000 tons. The USS Kitty
Hawk's speeds are advertized as being 30+ knots (34.5+ miles per hour),
I've seen 38 knots on our inertial navigation system. The Kitty Hawks range
14,805 at 20 knots or 7,400 at 30 knots. Ship's
Company is 3,150 and the Air Wing crew is about 2,480 on our
cruise in 1977 we had more than 6000 Sailors and Marines aboard.
Armament: Sea Sparrow launchers, 3-20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts.
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Banker proposes bringing USS Kitty Hawk to Wilmington.
The USS Kitty Hawk is a long way right now from the state that gave it its name, but a Wilmington banker wants to give it a home here after it's retired. Rick Willetts, who last month proposed anchoring the Kitty Hawk in Wilmington, said this week that it would probably be four to six years before the warship, named for town of Kitty Hawk on the Outer Banks, could be brought here. |
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USS Kitty Hawk volunteers clean up Yokosuka. By Allison Batdorff, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Sunday, February 12, 2006 YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Willie Williams was fishing cigarette butts from cracks in the Yokosuka City sidewalk Friday when an elderly Japanese woman thanked him — in English |
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Ship Name Hull Number |
Commission/ Decommission Date |
Disposition |
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USS Langley (CV 1) |
20 Mar 1922 / 27 Feb 1942 |
Conv. to AV 3; Sunk as a result enemy action about 75 miles south of Tjilatjap. |
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USS Lexington (CV 2) |
14 Dec 1927 / 8 May 1942 |
Sunk as a result of enemy action at the Battle of the Coral Sea. |
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USS Saratoga (CV 3) |
16 Nov 1927 / 26 Jul 1946 |
Used as a test target and sunk at Bikini Atoll. |
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USS Ranger (CV 4) |
4 Jun 1934 / 18 Oct 1946 |
Sold for scrap 31 Jan 1947 to Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. |
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USS Yorktown (CV 5) |
30 Sep 1937 / 7 Jun 1942 |
Sunk due to enemy action at the Battle of Midway. |
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USS Enterprise (CV 6) |
12 May 1938 / 17 Feb 1947 |
Sold, 1 Jul 1958. |
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USS Wasp (CV 7) |
25 Apr 1940 / 15 Sep 1942 |
Sunk due to enemy action southeast of San Cristobal Island. |
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USS Hornet (CV 8) |
20 Oct 1941 / 26 Oct 1942 |
Sunk due to enemy action at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. |
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USS Essex (CV 9) |
31 Dec 1942 / 20 Jun 1969 |
Stricken 1 Jun 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Jun 1975. |
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USS Yorktown (CV 10) |
15 Apr 1943 / 27 Jun 1970 |
Stricken 1 Jun 1973. Established as a floating museum in Charleston, S.C., 13 Oct. 1975. |
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USS Intrepid (CV 11) |
16 Aug 1943 / 15 Mar 1974 |
Established as a floating museum in New York City in 1982. |
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USS Hornet (CV 12) |
20 Nov 1943 / 26 May 1970 |
Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Donated to The Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation for use as a museum on 26 May 1998. |
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USS Franklin (CV 13) |
31 Jan 1944 / 17 Feb 1947 |
Reclassified AVT 8 on 15 May 1959. Stricken from the Navy List 10 Oct 1964. |
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USS Ticonderoga (CV 14) |
8 May 1944 / 1 Sep 1973 |
Stricken from the Navy List 16 Nov 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Sept 1975. |
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USS Randolph (CV 15) |
9 Oct 1944 / 13 Feb 1969 |
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Apr 1975. |
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USS Lexington (CV 16) |
17 Feb 1942 / 8 Nov 1991 |
Stricken from the Navy List 30 Nov 1991. Now a museum in Corpus Christi, Tex. |
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USS Bunker Hill (CV 17) |
25 May 1943 / 9 Jul 1947 |
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Nov 1966; retained as moored electronic test ship in San Diego until Nov. 1972. Scrapped 1973. |
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USS Wasp (CV 18) |
24 Nov 1943 / 1 Jul 1972 |
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 21 May 1973. |
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USS Hancock (CV 19) |
15 Apr 1944 / 30 Jan 1976 |
Stricken from the Navy List 31 Jan 1976; Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Sept 1976. |
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USS Bennington (CV 20) |
6 Aug 1944 / 15 Jan 1970 |
Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Dec 1994. |
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USS Boxer (CV 21) |
16 Apr 1945 / 1 Dec 1969 |
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969; Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 13 Mar 1971. |
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USS Independence (CVL 22) |
14 Jan 1943 / 28 Aug 1946 |
Sunk as target 29 Jun 1951. |
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USS Princeton (CVL 23) |
25 Feb 1943 / 24 Oct 1944 |
Sunk due to enemy action in the Sibuyan Sea. |
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USS Belleau Wood (CVL 24) |
31 Mar 1943 / 13 Jan 1947 |
Transferred to France 1953-1960. Returned. Stricken 1 Oct 1960 and sold for scrapping. |
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USS Cowpens (CVL 25) |
28 May 1943 / 13 Jan 1947 |
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Nov 1959 and sold for scrapping. |
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USS Monterey (CVL 26) |
17 Jun 1943 / 16 Jan 1956 |
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1970. Sold for scrapping in May 1971. |
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USS Langley (CVL 27) |
31 Aug 1943 / 11 Feb 1947 |
Transferred to France 1951-1963; Sold 19 Feb 1964. |
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USS Cabot (CVL 28) |
24 Jul 1943 / 21 Jan 1955 |
Transferred to Spain 30 Aug 1967; returned to private U.S. organization 1989. Auctioned by US Marshals Service to Sabe Marine Salvage, 10 Sep 1999. |
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USS Bataan (CVL 29) |
17 Nov 1943 / 9 Apr 1954 |
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Sep 1959. Sold for scrapping May 1961. |
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USS San Jacinto (CVL 30) |
15 Dec 1943 / 1 Mar 1947 |
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1970. Sold for scrapping on 15 Dec 1971 to National Metal and Steel Co., Terminal Island, Calif. |
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USS Bon Homme (CV 31) |
26 Nov 1944 / 2 Jul 1971 |
Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Scrapped 4 Feb 1992. |
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USS Leyte (CV 32) |
11 Apr 1946 / 15 May 1959 |
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1969. |
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USS Kearsarge (CV 33) |
2 May 1946 / 15 Jan 1970 |
Stricken from the Navy List 1 May 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Mar 1974. |
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USS Oriskany (CVA 34) |
25 Sep 1950 / 20 Sep 1979 |
Stricken from Navy List 1989. Sold 9 Sep 1995, but contractor defaulted. Repossessed by the Navy and contract terminated 30 Jul 1997. Sunk off coast of Florida 17 May 2006 for use as artificial reef. |
| Reprisal(CV 35) | -- / -- |
Never completed nor commissioned. Hull, 53% complete, was sold to Boston Metals Co, Baltimore, Md. and scrapped November 1949. |
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USS Antietam (CV 36) |
28 Jan 1945 / 8 May 1963 |
Stricken from the Navy List 1 May 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Dec 1973. |
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USS Princeton (CV 37) |
18 Nov 1945 / 30 Jan 1970 |
Stricken from the Navy List 30 Jan 1970. |
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USS Shangri-La (CV 38) |
15 Sep 1944 / 30 Jul 1971 |
Stricken from the Navy List 15 Jul 1982; disposed of by MARAD exchange 9 Aug 1988. |
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USS Lake Champlain (CV 39) |
3 Jun 1945 / 2 May 1966 |
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 28 Apr 1972. |
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USS Tarawa (CV 40) |
8 Dec 1945 / 13 May 1960 |
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1967. |
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USS Midway (CVB 41) |
10 Sep 1945 / 11 Apr 1992 |
Stricken 17 Mar 1997; Towed to San Diego 5 January 2004 to be used as a museum and memorial. |
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USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB 42) |
27 Oct 1945 / 1 Oct 1977 |
Stricken from the Navy List 30 Sept 1977; Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Apr 1978. |
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USS Coral Sea (CVB 43) |
1 Oct 1947 / 26 Apr 1990 |
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 7 May 1993. |
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USS Valley Forge (CV 45) |
3 Nov 1946 / 15 Jan 1970 |
Stricken from the Navy List 15 Jan 1970; sold for scrap 29 Oct 1971 to Nicolai Joffre Corp., Beverly Hills, Calif. |
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USS Philippine Sea (CV 47) |
11 May 1946 / 28 Dec 1958 |
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969. |
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USS Saipan (CVL 48) |
14 Jul 1946 / 14 Jan 1970 |
Name changed to Arlington 8 Apr 1965 and served as an communications relay ship until decomm. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 6 Jun 1976. |
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USS Wright (CVL 49) |
9 Feb 1947 / 15 Mar 1956 |
Converted to and commissioned 11 May 1963 as a command ship. Decommissioned 27 May 1970 and disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Aug 1980. |
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USS Forrestal (CVA 59) |
1 Oct 1955 / 30 Sep 1993 |
Stricken from the Navy List 11 Sep 1993; At the Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, R.I., 14 Sept. 1998 on hold as museum donation. |
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USS Saratoga (CVA 60) |
14 Apr 1956 / 20 Aug 1994 |
Stricken from the Navy List 30 Sep 1994; berthed at the Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, R.I., 7 Aug. 1998. |
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USS Ranger (CVA 61) |
10 Aug 1957 / 10 Jul 1993 |
In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash. |
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USS Independence (CV 62) |
10 Jan 1959 / 30 Sep 1998 |
In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash. |
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USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) |
29 Apr 1961 / -- |
Active -- see Fact File |
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USS Constellation (CV 64) |
27 Oct 1961 / 7 Aug 2003 |
Towed 12 September 2003, to be placed in inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash. |
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USS Enterprise (CVN 65) |
25 Nov 1961 / -- |
Active -- see Fact File |
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USS America (CV 66) |
23 Jan 1965 / 9 Aug 1996 |
Stricken from Navy List; In the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Philadelphia, Penn. planned for scrapping, instead sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Virginia coast on 14 May 2005, following a series of tests consisting of simulated attacks on the ship. |
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USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) |
7 Sep 1968 / -- |
Active -- see Fact File |
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USS Nimitz (CVN 68) |
3 May 1975 / -- |
Active -- see Fact File |
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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) |
18 Oct 1977 / -- |
Active -- see Fact File |
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USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) |
13 Mar 1982 / -- |
Active -- see Fact File |
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USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) |
25 Oct 1986 / -- |
Active -- see Fact File |
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USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) |
11 Nov 1989 / -- |
Active -- see Fact File |
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USS George Washington (CVN 73) |
4 July 1992 / -- |
Active -- see Fact File |
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USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) |
9 Dec 1995 / -- |
Active -- see Fact File |
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USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) |
25 July 1998 / -- |
Active -- see Fact File |
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USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) |
12 July 2003 / -- |
Active -- see Fact File |
| George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) | -- / -- |
Planned construction |
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