Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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lie tnstory ot USS KITTY HAWK clo ely parall l th course o nava avlatlon over t e past 37 years Bun t 1n Camden NI KITTY HAWK was lrer lclecl as tl'1e trr t 1n a new c ass o super carner at er comm1ss1on1ng at tlne Ptulaclel plala Naval Slupyarcl on Apnl 29 1961 T e 86 000 ton Sl'11p clepartecl ller tromeport o Dan Drego on Iaer flI'St Western Pacxtrc KWESTPACJ cleployment m 1962 Smce ttlat tlme KITTY HAWK ancl a vane Camer Alr Wngs ave comp ete 18 cleployments m upport 0 operatlons mc u mg Vietnam t eIran1an ostage cn IS Operatlon Restore Hope 1n Soma 18 an a1r tn e agamst Iraq As lea er o t e JOIDIC coa 1t1on o en we stn e 1un e rn response to mcreaslng Iraqx v1o at1ons ot Unxte Natrons sanctxons KITTY HAWK unclerwent tlaree over a ln t e Bremerton Wash Naval Slulpyarcl n 1977 1982 ancl I998 e slnp s most Slglll 1c1nt mamtenance peno owever was 1 SCIVICC L1 e Extenslon Program QSLEPQ nn tl'1 Plnla e pl'1 tNava Slulpyarcl tzegmnmg m 1987 T at l.'lgO1'OLlS our year .Over au a e an estlmate 20 years tot e p anne, 30 year lte ot tlme sl'11p KITTY HAWK cllsplayecl tlue long reacla ot camer avratlon y comp etmg a wor crurse on t e way to aclelplua ancl returne y roun mg t e sout ern most tmp ot Soutlm Amerlca MZ T me Haw set S81 on 1tS I7t ep oyment on une ZLL 1994 Durmg tlae srx mont C1'1l1SG KITTY HAWR ancl Camer Alr Wmg FIFTEEN under tlme 1rect1on ot t e Comman er Crulser Destroyer Group FIV provule a sta lzlng ln uence 1n t e Western P601 C urlng a tune o great tens1on 1n t e Far East Soon a er KITTY HAWK s return trom cleployment t ie s IP was awar e t e Battle EIIICICDCY Awar or Batt e E QIVBH yearly to t e est carrrer 1n t ie Pac1 c I: eet In Qctotmer KITTY HAWK welcomecl alaoarcl ttre prou m ers an lmposmg a1rpower ot Carrxer A1r Wmg ELEV N es ott a ep oyrnent to t e Perslan alooarcl tlae U S ABRAHAM LINCOLN KCVN 721 I I and Cizlflflel' All' Wlflg I'Cfl1'1eCl. t e1r teamwor ur-mg wor ups enjoylng a very success partlclpatlon 1n XSICISB Rlm o t e P301 c a mu tl natlona ewcercxse talzmg place arouncl tl'1e Hawauan Is an s 1nvo vmg t e mantlme orces o Canada apan Sout Korea C e an Austra ld 1n preparat1on or step oyrnent 1n Octolaer 1 KITTY HAWK laegan 1tS I8tlu cleployment Get 11 1997 En route to tlme Aralalan Gulf tlie KITTY HAWKICVW 11 team ma e port ca s rn Hong Kong an Smgapore C r1stmas was ce e rated mport Ba ram, ancl two Gult port calls were ma e to Jelnel All, U A E Returnmg I-rom a successtul tour at tI1e hp ot ttle spear, W tlae crew enjoyecl Ixlnerty 1n Fremantle, Australia and Hotrart, Tasmama After a Ianet stop ln Hawau, KITTY HAWK returnecl to San D1ego Aprll 11, 1997 3

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