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    Official U.S. Navy file photo of USS Cushing (DD 985). View Larger Download HiRes   Cushing Returns from Northern Arabian GulfStory Number: NNS040922-09Release Date: 9/22/2004 2:50:00 PMBy Maria Lee, Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka Public AffairsYOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- USS Cushing (DD 985) returned to Yokosuka, Japan, Aug. 27 after being deployed for nearly five months in the Persian Gulf. The Spruance-class destroyer participated in several missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom during the deployment. Cushing teamed with navy units from several other countries, forming a coalition force to interdict potential terrorists, terrorist-related maritime activity, and to...

ABOARD THE USS KITTY HAWK (AP) In his office under the flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk, Capt. Thomas Parker points at a wall covered by the photos of his 32 predecessors. The first one took command before the 1962 Cuban missile crisis; in the middle are the Vietnam-era captains. USS Kitty Hawk leaves its forward-deployed port in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture to take part in the Summer Pulse 2004 exercises. You have to turn a corner down the hall to get to Parker's own picture. After 43 years and assignments in just about every conflict from Vietnam to Iraq,...

Story Number: NNS040311-07 Release Date: 3/11/2004 11:33:00 AM From U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs HONG KONG (NNS) -- A Sailor assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, embarked aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), died March 9 while on liberty here. Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Thomas Francis Doughty, 25, of Nashville, Tenn., was on liberty in Hong Kong and was transported to Fenwick Pier where he stopped breathing. Resuscitation efforts were initiated by three U.S. Navy hospital corpsmen who were on duty at the pier’s first aid station. An ambulance was summoned and arrived four minutes later. Doughty was taken...

Two Navy Battle Groups to Leave War Zone By ROBERT BURNS .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and the ships in their battle groups will leave the Persian Gulf this week and return to their home ports, a U.S. defense official said Monday. Their departure reflects a winding down of the air campaign, although the Pentagon is still sending more ground forces to Kuwait and Iraq. The USS Kitty Hawk will return to its base at Yokosuka, Japan, and the USS Constellation will return to San Diego, the official said, speaking on condition of...

ABOARD THE USS KITTY HAWK — The Navy has identified the remains of an F/A-18 Hornet pilot assigned to the USS Kitty Hawk and missing since his plane was shot down April 2, according to the aircraft carrier’s commanding officer. Capt. Thomas Parker said the body of Lt. Nathan D. White, 30, of Abilene, Texas, was found Saturday. He was a pilot with Strike Fighter Squadron 195, the Dambusters. He is survived by his wife and three children. “Nathan White was a fine officer and a great pilot,” Parker said. “We send our best to his family and his shipmates.”...