USS Kitty Hawk

USS Kitty Hawk, formerly CVA-63, was a United States Navy supercarrier. She was the second naval ship named after Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the site of the Wright brothers' first powered airplane flight. The lead ship of her class, Kitty Hawk was the first of the three Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers to be commissioned and the last to be decommissioned.

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CV-63; CV-63
speed 33 knot, 
supercarrier, Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, United States Navy, New York Shipbuilding Corporation, 

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  Adventuress ⓘ
  1913 schooner

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  Bathyscaphe Trieste II ⓘ
  US Navy's second bathyscaphe

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  USS Bremerton ⓘ
  1944 Baltimore-class cruiser

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  USS Constellation ⓘ
  1960 Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier

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  USS Dubuque ⓘ
  1966 Austin-class amphibious transport dock

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  USS Independence ⓘ
  1958 Forrestal-class aircraft carrier

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  USS Ingraham ⓘ
  1988 Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate

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  USS Kitty Hawk ⓘ
  1960 Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier

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  USS Long Beach ⓘ
  1959 Long Beach-class cruiser

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  USS Memphis ⓘ
  19th-century American steamship

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  USS Ranger ⓘ
  1956 Forrestal-class aircraft carrier

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  USS Rodney M. Davis ⓘ
  1986 Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate

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  USS Triton ⓘ
  nuclear radar picket submarine

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  USS White Sands ⓘ
  American floating dry dock

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  USNS Bridge ⓘ
  1996 Supply-class fast combat support ship

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  USNS Rainier ⓘ
  1991 Supply-class fast combat support ship

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2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1960-05-21T00:00:00Z

1960-05-21T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1984-03-21T00:00:00Z

1984-03-21T00:00:00Z

ship collision

1956-12-27T00:00:00Z

1956-12-27T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1961-04-29T00:00:00Z

1961-04-29T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1856-01-26T00:00:00Z

1856-01-26T00:00:00Z

1856 Battle of Seattle

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Frameless

Operations aboard USS Kitty Hawk DVIDS107679

Kittyhawk leaves

USS Higbee (DD-806) leaving Subic Bay in 1972

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) cruise side-by-side in the Philippine Sea June 18, 2006, during exercise Valiant Shield 2006 060618-N-HX866-001

USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) operating off Hawaii (USA), circa in 1963 (KN-3672)

USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), USS Edson (DD-946) and USS Brush (DD-745) underway in the South China Sea, circa in 1966

Sailors Conduct Routine Inspection aboard USS Kitty Hawk DVIDS107006

USS Kity Hawk (CV-63) at Singapore (1974)-07865

USS Kity Hawk (CV-63) at Singapore (1974)-07870

An F-A-18C Hornet launches from the flight deck of the conventionally powered aircraft carrier

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1856	Battle of Seattle	battle	Wikidata
link	page		NavSource Naval History page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		Adventuress	preserved watercraft, schooner	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Bathyscaphe Trieste II	preserved watercraft, ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Bremerton	Baltimore-class cruiser, heavy cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Constellation	Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, supercarrier	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Dubuque	Austin-class amphibious transport dock, amphibious transport dock	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Independence	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, supercarrier	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Ingraham	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, frigate	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Kitty Hawk	Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, supercarrier	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Long Beach	guided missile cruiser, Long Beach-class cruiser, surface combatant	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Memphis	steamship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Ranger	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, supercarrier	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Rodney M. Davis	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, frigate	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Triton	nuclear submarine, radar picket	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS White Sands	ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1998	USNS Bridge	fast combat support ship, Supply-class fast combat support ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	2003	USNS Rainier	fast combat support ship, Supply-class fast combat support ship	Wikidata
organisation	factory		Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company	shipyard, shipbuilding	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1891	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	shipyard, shipbuilding, watercraft maintenance facility	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1916	Skinner & Eddy	shipyard, shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	1959	Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company	shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	1977	Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation	shipbuilding, subsidiary company	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company	1898	Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company	shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company	1911	Seattle Construction and Drydock Company	shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Lawton	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Ward	fort	Wikidata
site	museum		USS Turner Joy	preserved watercraft, destroyer, museum ship, United States Navy	Wikidata
site	museum	1988	Coast Guard Museum Northwest	United States federal agency, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1995	Naval Undersea Museum	naval museum, United States Navy	Wikidata
commons	image		Operations aboard USS Kitty Hawk DVIDS107679		Commons
commons	image		Kittyhawk leaves		Commons
commons	image		USS Higbee (DD-806) leaving Subic Bay in 1972		Commons
commons	image		USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) cruise side-by-side in the Philippine Sea June 18, 2006, during exercise Valiant Shield 2006 060618-N-HX866-001		Commons
commons	image		USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) operating off Hawaii (USA), circa in 1963 (KN-3672)		Commons
commons	image		USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), USS Edson (DD-946) and USS Brush (DD-745) underway in the South China Sea, circa in 1966		Commons
commons	image		Sailors Conduct Routine Inspection aboard USS Kitty Hawk DVIDS107006		Commons
commons	image		USS Kity Hawk (CV-63) at Singapore (1974)-07865		Commons
commons	image		USS Kity Hawk (CV-63) at Singapore (1974)-07870		Commons
commons	image		An F-A-18C Hornet launches from the flight deck of the conventionally powered aircraft carrier		Commons