Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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CONTENTS HISTORY .......... ....... 4 CAG ...... IN COMMAND ....... ....... 6 HC-1 ......... DEPARTURE ....... ...... 1 2 VA-52 ....... EXECUTIVE ...... ...... 1 5 VA-195 ......... NAVIGATION. ...... 21 VA-192 ........ . OPERATIONS ....... ......... 2 5 RVAH6 ....... DENTAL ....... ......... 3 3 VF-114 ...... AIR ........... ......... 3 7 VF-213 ......... MEDICAL ....... ......... 4 5 VAO-133 ....... WEAPONS .......................... 49 VAW-114 ...... COMMUNICATIONS ............... 55 OAHU .............. ENGINEERING ........ ......... 5 9 PHILIPPINES .... DECK .............. ......... 6 7 HONG KONG ..... AIMD ........ ......... 7 3 SASEBO ....... SUPPLY ............... ......... 7 9 LOOSE ENDS .... HABITABILITY ........ ......... 8 7 THE TEAM ...... MARINES ......... ......9l EDITOR'S PAGE FLAG ......... ......... 9 5 IN MEM OR IAM.

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CHRDNOLOGY DEPART SAN 0IE00 ........ ................ 0 Nov 1970 HAWAII ............................ ....... 1 6-17, 19-21 N0v 1970 SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES ........ .........-.- 3 -5 DEG 1970 YANKEE STATIDN ........... ................... 7 -28 DEC 1970 sumo BAY ............... ....... 3 0 DEC 1970-11 JAN 1071 YANKEE STATION ........ ......... 1 3 JAN - 3 FEB 1071 SUBIC BAY ............ .......... 5 -10 FEB 1971 HDNG KONG ............. ............ 12 -19 FEB 1971 YANKEE STATIDN ........ ........ 2 1 FEB - l APR 1971 SUBIC BAY ............... ........... 3 -8 APR 1971 YANKEE STATIDN ........ ........... 1 0-25 APR 1971 SUBIC BAY ............... ...... 2 7 APR - 2 MAY 1971 YANKEE STATIDN ........ ......... 4 -16 MAY 1971 QSASEBU, JAPAN .... -1' YANKEE STATION 20-25 MAY 1971 ........30 MAY - 24 JUN 1071 -sumo BAY .................. ........ 2 0 JUN -3 JUL 1071 'RETURN SAN DIEGO .............................. ............. 1 7 JUL 1971 Q-PTENTATIVEJ

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A Fluatillg City This is the attack aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk lCVA-63l. Constructed by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. she was commissioned on April 29. 1961, at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in commemoration of the historic location in North Carolina where the Wright brothers first achieved manned flight. Kitty Hawk is 1,069 feet long and 286 feet wide. Constructed entirely of steel, her bulk, when fully loaded, displaces over 80.000 tons of water. With her 250.000 horsepower. generated by eight boilers and four main engines, the Kitty Hawk can steam in excess of 35 miles per hour. The Hawk's main function is to launch and recover aircraft which she does on a 4.1 acre flight deck The hangar deck provides an additional two acres of open space for parking and repairing aircraft. There are over 1,501 separate compartments in the ship and it took over 300,000 gallons of paint to give her the first coat of Navy grey.