USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), formerly CVA-63, was a United States Navy supercarrier. She was the second naval ship named after Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the site of the Wright brothers' first powered airplane flight. Kitty Hawk was the first of the three Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers to be commissioned and the last to be decommissioned.

Three were built, all in the 1960s, Kitty Hawk (CV-63) (1961–2009), Constellation (CV-64) (1961–2003), and America (CV-66) (1965–1996), as well as the variant John F. Kennedy (CV-67) (1967–2007). All are now decommissioned.

USS KITTY HAWK was the lead ship of the Navy’s second class of "super carriers" and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. Initially commissioned as attack aircraft carrier CVA 63, she was redesignated as multi-purpose aircraft carrier CV 63 April 29, 1973.

CV-63 General Specifications. Class: Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier. Named for: Kitty Hawk. Complement: 5624 Officers and Enlisted . Displacement: 61351 tons. Length: 1 068.9 feet . Beam: 282 feet . Flank Speed: 33 knots

2009年5月12日 · USS Kitty Hawk (CVA / CV 63): Chronology and Significant Events: 29 Apr 1961: During her commissioning, ADM Arleigh A. Burke, CNO, hailed Kitty Hawk as the "forerunner of a new and greatly improved line of carriers."

USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63) sailed around Cape Horn to Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island, Calif., calling en route at Port of Spain, Trinidad, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Valparaiso, Chile, and Callao,...

The USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63, formerly CVA-63), the U.S. Navy’s last oil-fired carrier, began her final journey in January—a 19,000-mile trek from Bremerton, Washington, rounding Cape Horn (she is too big for the Panama Canal), and heading to a shipbreaker’s yard at Brownsville, Texas.

2022年6月24日 · In May 2022, the decommissioned supercarrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) arrived in Brownsville, Texas for scrapping. The iconic vessel served the US Navy for nearly 50 years and cost the military a whopping $264 million ($2.5 billion today) to build in 1961.

USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) Above: The 60,000 ton, New York Ship built aircraft USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) pictured in the western Pacific Ocean in 2003. During her forty year career, Kitty Hawk operated off Vietnam, Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The second Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) was laid down by the New York Ship Building Corp., Camden, N.J., 27 December 1956; and launched 21 May 1960, sponsored by Mrs. Neil H. McElroy; and commissioned 29 April 1961 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard , …

2010年2月18日 · At the time of the accident, the Kitty Hawk is estimated to have carried several dozen nuclear weapons, and K-314 probably carried two nuclear torpedoes. CV 63 went to the U.S. Naval Base at Subic Bay in the Philippines for repairs. One of K-314's propellers was embedded in Kitty Hawk's hull.

2018年4月25日 · Available supported fixed-wing / rotary-wing aircraft featured in the design of USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63 / CV-63). Up to 80 aircraft of various makes and types including F-14 Tomcats (since retired), F/A-18 Hornets, EA-6B Prowlers, E-2C Hawkeyes, S-3B Vikings, SH-60/HH-60 Seahawk Helicopters, and C-2 Greyhound transports.

KITTY HAWK (CV-63) is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. She has an outstanding combat history and won the Presidential Unit Citation.

USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) departed to Yokosuka, Japan, on 15 July 1998 where it replaced USS Independence (CV 62) as part of a planned rotation of forward-deployed naval forces. USS Kitty Hawk arrived in Yokosuka in August 1998.

USS KITTY HAWK CV 63 U.S. Carriers | Decommissioned | Links | Info | Deployments | History . Date. Squadrons. Battle Group. Area of operations. Operations/ Exercises ... VA-112 VA-113 VA-115 VF-114 VF-111 VAH-13 VFP-63 Det C VAW-11 Det C HU-1 Unit C VQ-1 Det VAP-61 Det . DDG 7 DD 951. Western Pacific Vietnam. Big Dipper Backpack. Sasebo, Japan ...

Kitty Hawk moved into dry dock on 14 January 1973, and work began to convert the ship from an attack (CVA) to a multi-mission carrier (CV). The "CV" designation indicated that Hawk was no longer strictly an attack carrier, in that anti-submarine warfare would also become a major role.

From 1963 to 1972, Kitty Hawk and Carrier Air Wing ELEVEN (CVW-11) completed eight extended deployments, including six in support of American forces in Vietnam.

After nearly 50 years of service, the U.S. Navy decommissioned the Kitty Hawk and placed it in reserve status, replacing it with a newer, more powerful supercarrier. The ship has proven itself on the voyage and is one of the best of its kind in U.S. naval history.

Built in Camden, NJ, Kitty Hawk was heralded as the first in a new class of "super carrier" at her commissioning at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on April 29, 1961. The 86,000-ton ship departed her homeport of San Diego on her first Western Pacific (WESTPAC) deployment in …

Propulsion system: eight Steam Boilers. Length, overall: 1046,5 feet (319 meters) Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters) Area of flight deck: about 4,5 acres . Beam: 129,6 feet (39.5 meters) Draft: 35,8 feet (10.9 meters) Displacement: approx. 82,200 tons full load. Speed: 30+ knots. Planes: approx. 66. Crew: Ship: 2,900 Air Wing: 2,480.