Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE FIRST KITTY HAWK The first KITTY HAWK ( APV- 1 ) u 1 4,()(K)-lon. 47S-loot aircraft transport, was named for the site of the first successful flight by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk. North Carolina in 1903. The second Navy ship to bear the name Kitty Hawk was built in Camden. N. J., at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation dock. The keel was laid December 27. 1956. It was the tlrst vessel to be constructed in New York Ship ' s giant graving dock, the largest privately owned facility of its type at that time. More than 2.()()() railroad cars of material were used in the huildmg and outlitting of the KITTY HAWK. Construction required more than 2. 100 miles of blueprints and some 1 . .500 drawings. KITTY HAWK w as the first carrier to be armed with guided missiles. . 1- ■i SS KinY HAWK MAY 21 1960 . v ' ink ' hiplmildinj; Coriioral i on - — ST -. pmilfe ' --T- ' H I 6 ..-r, Ill.STOR

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f -4. i- ' •■ ' ' ii. 1 - ' ■ J ' Mil ki i ' •it te .., r5J,:»l: The USS KITTY HAWK CVA 63 BUILT BY NEW YORK SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION C«MOE ' . Hi fl JEBSET The aircraft carrier USS KITTY H AWK (CV A-63 ) was the llrsl ship in a class of three super carriers. After Ihree-and-one-half years of labor the New York Shipbuilding Corporation launched and christened the USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-631 by the ship ' s sponsor Mrs. Neil H.McElroyof Cincinatti. Ohio, w ife of the former United States Secretary of Defense. But. she was not a United States Navy ship.. ..yet. First, KITTY HAWK had to undergo almost a full year of numerous and rigorous testing helore the U. S. Navy would accept her as part of our nation ' s fleet. I - ]IIS10U 7