Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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l l l , -. , H-f TATISTICS- USS Klrrv WKCVS3 Number of catapults ......,. 'A-Y F 09 - Catapult length ............ AA--l- 4-'-'A t t 263 3 Effective landing area ....... '-A-'a-' A A A A- 120 i Aircraft elevators ............... ' '---'-- --- A - - A A F3 Elevator lifting capacity ........ 'e4Q--- 1 30-000 P013 1 Crew Cwith air wingl ......... 1 Lum 5-if A City at Sea Doctors and surgeons ...................... Fill Operating rooms and triage areas ....... si Hospital beds .............,...........,..... 3 Dentists ................................... Flu Dentist chairs ...., HR Lawyers ................ 'IBD Chaplains ...,.......i.... THU Convenience stores ...... Fil' Barber shops ............ Th Post office ....... X Laundry ,....... X Telephones ......., 2.1 Security force ............,. 69-1 Public works force .............. BM-1 Closed-circuit television ...... Sh chi Average annual Payroll ....... ,.... ...4......... 063 , any ln the course of a single day on the Hawk Meals served for ship's company and air wing ....,. 17.1 L Hamburgers served ..................................... 3, Eggs consumed .....,.....,,......................... gjw. 1 1.1 Gallons of milk consumed ....... qw' Loaves of bread baked ..... 34,1 Haircuts .......,....,............. yu Cans of soda consumed ...... 1, Water distilled ......,..........,, am l Pounds of mail processed ....... 3.1 -

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ACL-A I +3- i1ilf ' ' -sf, v-.,,J,w W' ,. V 'f H A , A , , , A . .-'NH' ,,., Q .a f .X f , f--'iffy ff H V. Q 4. vw-. l f O' Just over 90 fortwobrothers in North Carolina. 'Ihddeunhasgowntobecornewtut the aircraft is todayp The pair of dreamers, Orville and Mlbur Wright, finally realked their ambition ofpuwered lg! m Dec. 17. 193. At Kil Devil Hills, just south of the small town of Kitty Hawk, N. C., the brothers set the wheels of diy h rndion lih th! first 12-second, 120hfoot flight. Aviation grew and, embraced earlv on by the CLS. Navy eventually led to the oonsuur.-sun Ind ' ' ' ol the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK IC V 631. Nine times longer than that initial Wright brothers flight, KITTY HAWK Ins bull h Clmha, NJ.. I the New York Shir building Corporation dock. On May 21, 1960, after three-and-one-halfyears ol mndruction, KITIY HANK uns hunched. The supercarrier was commissioned a ship of the line on Nrril 29, 1961, It Hllldqllie Nad Shad. the second Navy vessel to bear the name KITTY HA WK. Following its maiden voyage to its new homeport of San Diego. Calif. and ks fi! Wedem Phclc aployrnent. KITTY HAWK became President John E Kennedy's floating White House h June. 153. From the Hants ly: deck. Pres:- dent Kennedy and other top government officials witnessed a then het megan anuqrqim, From 1963 to 1976, KITTY HAWK and CarrierA1r Wing ELEVEN fCVW-1 II Corrpleted aye elendd dsployrnencs. cn- cluding sb: in support of American forces in Vietnam. During that time, the HAWK was awarded a Presidential Unit Clltion, a Merlorious Service C ' , four New