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	Kitty Hawk class aircraft carrier Information
		The Kitty Hawk class supercarriers of the United States Navy were an incremental improvement on the Forrestal-class vessels.
		The movement of the #4 elevator from the forward to the after end of the angle made it useful for aircraft movement, since the forward-end elevator was useless as it was in both the landing path and in the launch path of the #3 and #4 catapults.
		Kitty Hawk and Constellation were later updated in an SLEP program; but America was scheduled for a few years later than her sisters, at a time of budget cuts, and was decommissioned in 1996.
	www.bookrags.com /Kitty_Hawk_class_aircraft_carrier (216 words)

	CV63 - Kitty Hawk Class Aircraft Carrier
		Currently, the USS Kitty Hawk is the second oldest commissioned vessel (the oldest remains the 44-gun frigate (4th rate) Constitution, which has been in commissioned service for 200+ years), in the Navy, and is the oldest ship in active service.
		The Kitty Hawk displaces 83,960 tons at full load and her compliment is 155 officers, 2,775 enlisted (ship?s company), and 2,160 enlisted and 320 officers (embarked air wing).
		The Kitty Hawk is equipped with 4 aircraft elevators, two located on the right hand edge of the flight deck forward of the island, and two located aft of the island on the left and right edges of the flight deck.
	tech.military.com /equipment/view/89171/cv63---kitty-hawk-class-aircraft-carrier.html (669 words)

	Kitty Hawk class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kitty Hawk class supercarriers of the United States Navy were an incremental improvement on the Forrestal-class vessels.
		The movement of the #4 elevator from the forward to the after end of the angle made it useful for aircraft movement, since the forward-end elevator was useless as it was in both the landing path and in the launch path of the #3 and #4 catapults.
		Kitty Hawk and Constellation were later updated in an SLEP program; but America was scheduled for a few years later than her sisters, at a time of budget cuts, and was decommissioned in 1996.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kitty_Hawk_class_aircraft_carrier (241 words)

	Types: Aircraft Carriers: Ships & Equipment: About the Navy: Navy
		Kitty Hawk is conventionally powered by eight boilers, four geared steam turbines and four shafts.
		Kitty Hawk was built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation and commissioned in 1961.
		Kitty Hawk (CV 63) is considered to be the first of the super carriers ever built and the only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier.
	www.navy.com /about/shipsequipment/aircraftcarriers/types (559 words)

	ipedia.com: USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Kitty Hawk became the oldest active ship in the Navy on 30 September 1998, with the decommissioning of the USS Independence.
		Kitty Hawk was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for exceptionally meritorious service from 26 November 1965 to 14 May 1966 while participating in combat operations against the insurgent Communist guerrilla forces in the Republic of Vietnam.
		Kitty Hawk returned to San Diego in June 1965 for overhaul and training until 4 November 1966 when she again deployed to serve in waters of Southeast Asia.
	www.ipedia.com /uss_kitty_hawk__cv_63_.html (986 words)

	CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk Aircraft Carrier Exhibit, Pictures, Stories.
		Aircraft Carrier, CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk 1977 - 1978.
		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.
		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).
	www.yellowairplane.com /USS_Kitty_Hawk.htm (1601 words)

	Kitty Hawk Commences ANNUALEX '05
		USS KITTY HAWK, At Sea - The USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Carrier Strike Group began the main event of its fall underway period Nov. 9, when it joined with other components of the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in support of Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX) 2005.
		Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 will perform numerous air warfare exercises, while Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 ships will be working together with Kitty Hawk and the Japanese ships in many maneuvering practices.
		The Kitty Hawk Strike Group is the largest carrier strike group in the Navy and is composed of the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, CVW 5, the guided-missile cruisers USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) and USS Cowpens (CG 63), and Destroyer Squadron 15.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,80539,00.html (499 words)

	MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia - Home > 003g Surface vessels (Post 1945) > Aircraft carriers (Nucleair powered) > ...
		At 1,123 feet (342 m), she remains the world's longest aircraft carrier, though her 89,600 tons are surpassed by the Nimitz class.
		Enterprise was intended to be the first of a class of six, but construction costs ballooned and the remaining vessels were never laid down resulting in her being the only ship of her class.
		The super carrier can accommodate approximately 80 aircraft and has a flight deck 4.5 acres (18,000 m²) in size, using four elevators that are 3,880 ft² (360 m²) each to move planes between the flight deck and the hangar bay.
	www.ibiblio.org /maritime/photolibrary/index.php?cat=887 (9442 words)

	CVN-68 Nimitz-class - Navy Ships
		Aircraft are used to conduct strikes, support land battles, protect the battle group or other friendly shipping, implement a sea or air blockade.
		NIMITZ-class carriers boast all the amenities that would be found in any American city with a comparable population, including a post office with its own ZIP code, TV and radio stations, a newspaper, a fire department, a library, a hospital, a general store, two barbershops and much more.
		Aircraft carriers are generally estimated to have useful operating lives of 50 years.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/cvn-68.htm (2029 words)

	Navy Times - Envoy assures Japan of carrier’s safety
		Ambassador Thomas Schieffer met with Taro Aso to deliver a statement of the U.S.’s commitment to “maintaining the highest level of safety” on Washington’s nine Nimitz-Class aircraft carriers, one of which is slated to replace the non-nuclear Kitty Hawk at the Yokosuka naval base outside Tokyo in 2008.
		Schieffer also told Aso that replacing the Kitty Hawk with the nuclear-powered George Washington significantly improves the U.S.’s “ability to contribute to the defense of Japan, and to protect security interests of the U.S. and its allies in the region,” according to a statement by the U.S. Embassy.
		The new carrier would arrive in Japan in 2008, when the Kitty Hawk is scheduled to return to the United States and be decommissioned.
	www.navytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1715635.php (595 words)

	CV 63 Kitty Hawk - Navy Ships
		KITTY HAWK underwent two overhauls in the Bremerton, Wash., Naval Shipyard in 1977 and 1982.
		The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk departed from Naval Air Station North Island on 06 July 1998, ending a 37 year relationship with the city of San Diego.
		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.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/cv-63.htm (1481 words)

	Carriers and Naval Aircraft
		This carrier must be one of the conventionally powered carriers as the Japanese will not allow the nuclear powered carriers in their ports.
		The aircraft carrier is central to this doctrine.
		USS Kitty Hawk is presently the only forward homeported carrier being based at Yokosuka, Japan.
	www.clancyfaq.com /carriers.htm (723 words)

	Tandem Thrust 2001 News Story
		While USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) has conducted flight operations during exercise Tandem Thrust '01 for over a week, the ship now executes its role in the exercise's final phase.
		Much like aircrew flying off Kitty Hawk's decks in previous real-world conflicts, the aviators of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 put a lid on the area from their mobile air base.
		With more than half of Kitty Hawk's involvement completed before a port call in Sydney the crew of the Kitty Hawk is beginning to look at some of the more relaxing aspects of an at-sea period held nearly half a world away from Yokosuka, Japan, where the Sailors call home.
	www.c7f.navy.mil /tt01/story/kittyhawkttl.htm (714 words)

	All Wood Wings: Kitty Hawk Class Aircraft Carriers: CVA / CV-63 Kitty Hawk - quality ship models crafted from wood
		In 1973, Kitty Hawk was converted to a multi-mission aircraft carrier and re-designated CV-63.
		Kitty Hawk underwent her next overhaul in 1996-97 which replaced the Terrier Surface-to-Air missile system with the NATO Sea Sparrow system, and added elevators and modified weapons magazines to provide an increased capability for handling and stowing the newer, larger air launched weapons.
		The USS Kitty Hawk is a small "floating city" complete with a hospital furbished with state-of-the-art equipment and a full staff of health care professionals.
	www.allwoodwings.com /Ships/Military/AircraftCarriers/CV-63,KittyHawk,Class.htm (676 words)

	Dawn of the Super Carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		These carriers weighed in at an astonishing 79,000 tons, were 1,047 feet long and carried over 60 planes.
		The Independence is the only active carrier of the class and is the only U.S. carrier "forward deployed" in her homeport of Yokosuka, Japan.
		When the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was commissioned in April 1961, the Navy admitted its first super carrier to the fleet.
	iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/students/millerj/Dawn.htm (912 words)

	Aircraft Carrier Photo Index: USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-63)
		Kitty Hawk is returning home after completing a six month deployment which took her to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch.
		The Pacific Ocean, Mar. 13, 2001 — USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) conducts a Replenishment at Sea (RAS) with USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204).
		Kitty Hawk and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) are currently underway providing a forward presence in the Asian Pacific area of operation, while conducting scheduled training and exercises with regional allies.
	www.navsource.org /archives/02/63a.htm (2700 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		Although the Abraham Lincoln--with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) embarked--has been deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom since June and her aircraft had flown numerous patrols over Afghanistan, the intensity of combat in that country had declined to such a low level that the squadron's Super Hornets were not required to fire weapons.
		The Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier USS Constellation--with CVW-2 embarked--departed the U.S. West Coast with her battle group in early November to relieve the Abraham Lincoln Battle Group on station in the Middle East.
		This deployment is the last scheduled for the Constellation; the 41-year-old carrier is scheduled to be decommissioned next year and replaced by the Nimitz-class CVN Ronald Reagan.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/dec_02_21.php (1174 words)

	Nuclear-powered Carrier to Replace Kitty Hawk
		The USS Kitty Hawk has ably served the interests of both our countries, but Kitty Hawk is the oldest ship in our fleet.
		Very recently, one of the US Navy's San Diego-based aircraft carriers demonstrated the ability of a Nimitz-class carrier to perform a range of those sustained operations, responding to the tsunami crisis and providing relief in Southeast Asia in only a matter of days of being tasked.
		Before you actually station the aircraft carrier, what are you actually going to do in Yokosuka to try and bring the local population around to the fact that they're going to have a nuclear-powered vessel in their port?
	tokyo.usembassy.gov /e/p/tp-20051028-77.html (3863 words)

	Ship Fact File:John F. Kennedy, Kitty Hawk, and Forrestal Class Aircraft Carriers Aircraft Carriers
		Features: The aircraft carrier continues to be the centerpiece of the forces necessary for forward presence.
		Whenever there has been a crisis, the first question has been: "Where are the carriers?" Carriers support and operate aircraft that engage in attacks on airborne, afloat, and ashore targets that threaten free use of the sea; and engage in sustained operations in support of other forces.
		Aircraft carriers are deployed worldwide in support of U.S. interests and commitments.
	www.fortunecity.com /boozers/ship/34/cv.html (368 words)

	U.S. Navy Announces CVN to Replace USS Kitty Hawk in 2008
		WASHINGTON - The U.S. Navy announced Oct. 27 that one of its nine Nimitz-class aircraft carriers will replace USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the forward-deployed carrier in the Western Pacific, and will arrive in Yokosuka, Japan in 2008.
		Kitty Hawk is nearing the end of its service life and will return to the United States in 2008 to be decommissioned.
		Additionally, the forward deployment of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ensures the ability of commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet to fulfill the U.S. government’s commitment to the defense of Japan, and the maintenance of international peace and security in the Far East in support of the treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,79518,00.html (385 words)

	America's Flagship: a history of USS Constellation - Cva/Cv 64 Naval Aviation News - Find Articles
		The keel of the second Kitty Hawk-class attack aircraft carrier (CVA), hull number 64, was laid on 14 September 1957 at New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y. She had been named Constellation on 7 November 1956.
		Christian A. Herter, wife of the Secretary of State, the carrier was launched on 8 October 1960.
		She relieved Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) on station in the Gulf of Tonkin off Vietnam on 8 June, and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 (air groups had been redesignated air wings on 20 December 1963) flew armed photoreconnaissance missions over Laos until 13 July.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IAX/is_3_86/ai_115769665 (1042 words)

	USS America Museum Foundation, History
		The keel for the third kitty hawk-class attack aircraft carrier was laid on 9 January 1961 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Va. She was named "America", the third Navy ship so honored, on 10 January 1962.
		This would require Carrier Air Early Warning Squadron 126 of CVW-17 to cross deck from FORRESTAL (CV 59) in early September and VF-103 of CVW-3 to cross deck to SARATOGA at the end of September to rejoin her air wing.
		Also, reflecting the Navy's new multipurpose air, surface, and ASW role for carriers, she was redesignated from attack aircraft carrier to aircraft carrier (CV) on 30 June.
	ussamerica-museumfoundation.org /history.html (4330 words)

	Nuclear-Powered U.S. Aircraft Carrier To Be Deployed to Japan - US Department of State
		Schieffer said the new nuclear-powered carriers are able to sail faster, farther and longer and have more overall capabilities than fossil-fuel powered carriers, which are gradually being put out of service. He said the switch "is analogous to changing from propeller-driven aircraft to jet aircraft."
		The carrier class was named after Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, who was the commander in chief of Pacific Forces for the United States and Allied forces during World War II and later became the leading authority in the United States on submarines.
		Kelly said the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers provide "a credible, independent forward presence and deterrence in peacetime, and a potent, sustainable force in a range of operational situations.
	usinfo.state.gov /eap/Archive/2005/Oct/28-609368.html (4536 words)

	World Aircraft Carriers List: US Supercarriers
		Despite their smaller size, these ships were able to carry out the same mission as CVA 58 because of advances in carrier design, and rapid advances in aircraft and nuclear weapons technology which reduced the size of nuclear strike aircraft.
		The large sponsons carrying the forward guns were found to be a problem in high seas and were removed from most ships.
		Kitty Hawk had 2 NATO Sea Sparrow and 4 CIWS; America was approx.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/carriers/us_super.htm (3321 words)

	Forrestal class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Forrestal-class aircraft carriers were a four-ship class designed and built for the United States Navy in the 1950s.
		Compared to the Midway class, the Forrestals were 100 feet longer and nearly 30 feet beamier, resulting in a far more stable and comfortable aircraft platform even in very rough weather.
		The subsequent Kitty Hawk class moved the portside elevator to the aft end of the angle and reversed the position of the island and the second starboard elevator, vastly improving aircraft handling.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Forrestal_class_aircraft_carrier (355 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group is currently participating in Valiant Shield 2006, the largest joint exercise in recent history.
		Twenty-nine sailors from the USS Kitty Hawk and Carrier Air Wing 5 made history while becoming Americans on Saturday, by being the first sailors to be naturalized at sea on a Navy warship, according to a Navy news release.
		The fighter jet, flying from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk in the Persian Gulf, was on a combat mission when it crashed, the statement said.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=usskittyhawk (5151 words)

	A Nimitz-class aircraft carrier strengthens the U.S. - Japan alliance
		recently announced that one of its nine Nimitz-class aircraft carriers would replace USS Kitty Hawk in 2008, and in doing so, reaffirmed its long-term commitment to the strength and relevance of the Japan-U.S. alliance.
		Nimitz-class aircraft carriers are far more capable than oil fuel-powered carriers.
		While the decision to replace Kitty Hawk with a Nimitz-class carrier was made to strengthen the U.S. Navy’s ability to contribute to the defense of
	www.cnfj.navy.mil /asahi_article.htm (598 words)

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