The USS Kitty Hawk is scheduled to be decomissioned in the early part of 2009. By Staff Writer
The USS Kittyhawk was first ordered in October of 1955 and laid down in December of 1956 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched in May of 1960 and officially commissioned in April of the following year. The Kitty Hawk makes her homeport at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and is scheduled for decomissioning in the early part of 2009. The vessel may end up as a floating museum in the United States or there is talk that she might possibly be sold off to India.
Engine(s): Westinghouse geared steam turbines; 8 x Foster-Wheeler steam boilers delivering 280,000shp to 4 x propeller shafts.
Air Arm:
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.
Armament Suite:
3 x RIM-7 Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile launchers
2 x RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) anti-aircraft missile systems
2 x 20mm MK15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) anti-aircraft cannons
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Navy Ship Profile:
Photo Courtesy of the United States Department of Defense
1961
Designation: USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) Classification Type:Conventional Powered Aircraft Carrier Ship Class:Kitty Hawk-class Country of Origin: United States Number in Class: 4
Operators: the United States of America
Ships in Class
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63); USS Constellation (CV-64); USS America (CV-66); John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
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