Aerial port stern view of the U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) as it prepares to commence cyclic flight operations off the coast of Australia on Aug. 18, 2006. Currently underway ...

In 2021, the aircraft carriers USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) were sold for a symbolic penny to the Shipbreaking Limited facility in Brownsville, Texas, for scrapping.