Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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H fa., 'O x,f-' fl .l 4 Du Aviation grew and embrace That dream has grown to become what .Bt th 0fP0W6f6d flight on Dec. 17, 1903. At Kill 6 wheels of destiny in motion with that flrst I , ' 1 1 .d earlv on b th i i 1 . aircraft carrier USS KITWHAMQ Q y E eventually led t th - lfllne times longer than that initigl brotherS ,, ht KIT!-Y 0 e construction and commissioning of the Q,-'- I-nsifff ., Q ' ., .W Nj 'H .h ,-Su. Q '-'N-.Q .- --...--i- - l -reg 'QW' .. u '15-v -' Unit Commendations and many other unit awards Over the next I 0 years, KITTY HAWK continued to deploy on a regular basis, supporting contingency the Iranian hostage crisis 11979-19801 and rescuing Wetnamese refugees 119811 as we!! as eanfiwg nufnemts along the way. KITTY HAWK bid farewell to San Diego in 1987, embarking on a world cruise before spendng three years Life Extension Program overhaul in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. With C VW- 1 5 aboard,' KITTY HAWK made its second cruise around 'the Hom of South America to mall ego in December 1991. ' The Hawk made her 16th deployment to the Western Pacific starting Nov. 3, 1992. While on deployment KITTY HAWK supported U.S. Marines and coalition forces invofved in Qaemtinn Somalia. Then, in response to increasing Iraqi violations of United Nations sanctions, the ship subsequenlbv building Corporation dock O 9 HAWK ' The SU . ' in MHYZ1: 1960, after thi. - - - WHS builtin Camden, N.J., at th N. Y k Sh' - Navy vgiziglggg-251 commissioned a ship of the Hsfnagdzne half years of construction, KITTY HAVSK nel: lor hes p Arabian Gulf on Dec. 27, 1992. Seventeen days later, the Hawk led a joint, coalition offensive strike against , , ename KITIYHAWK H pri' 29' 196' at Ph' ' ' S mme ' - - ' na: continued uiolatiom Following ,ts maiden voyage t lt . , iladelphia Naval Shipyard the second gets in southern Iraq. The successful strike sent Saddam Hussein a clear message t of UN. I1- HAM be P , o 1 s new homeport of S ' ' - ' ' ' Iutions would not be tolerated. dent Kennirzffgn J2I31g1tOJohn F Kennedys ffnoaung vflgtggglqalif, and its Hrst Western Pacihc deployment KITTY KITTY HAWK left San Diego on this. its 17th deployment, on June 24, 1994. Operating primanfy in the Western Panic, From 1963 to 1976 Krrpngovernment officials Mtnessed a thefl i In June, 1963. From the Hawk 'S iiiqhg pmsi- Sea of Japan and in the Yellow and South China Seas, the carrier participated in several joint exercises with ded mit cluding sbt in support gmme HAWK and' Carrier Air Mng ELEVEJ ite-of-the-art fleet weapons demonstration 9 l 1 including Korea. Japan and Australia before returning to San Diego on Dec. 22. KITTY HAWK prouizkd 0 pouull i ring that time, the HAvJ:an forces in Wetnam, VW'l l l Cflmpleted eight extended deployments in- t rent during a time of instability on the Korean peninsula. The carrier also hosted several distinguished isilnls i was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation, a Meritori ' - 5 1 ' it I I I I lE1Cfve1?fltIZfl:lLdvii,llo'hlTDlaZLo?1g Sam. Japanese Minister of State for Defense Tokuichim Tamakawal and Mgt- - ous livin Cornmenrlation, four Navy '1..,ig as

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