[snowsislander]

I searched, but didn't see this article.

[beckett]

My uncle was XO of the Kitty Hawk at his retirement in the 70s. At one time before that, as a Navy pilot, he held the record for most night landings on an aircraft carrier of any pilot in the Navy. Many of those landings were performed on the Kitty Hawk.

He's no longer with us, but it's nice to know the ship he loved so well sails on.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Japan (July 19, 2004) – Crewmembers stand a force protection watch at one of the .50-caliber machine gun mounts aboard ship while USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) departs its operating base of Yokosuka, Japan. The Kitty Hawk Strike Group is participating in Summer Pulse 2004, the simultaneous deployment of seven carrier strike groups (CSGs), demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat across the globe, in five theaters with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces. Summer Pulse is the Navy’s first deployment under its new Fleet Response Plan (FRP). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Lamel J. Hinton

[oyez]

The Sh*tty Kitty is 40 years old. I was was on the Intrepid when it was 27 years and what a rust bucket.( no offense implied) The USN knows how to get the distance out of its CVA's these days.