| 1955 | Ordered | Ordered  CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk | |
| 1956 | Ordered | Ordered CV-64 USS Constellation | |
| 1956-dec-27 | Laid down | Laid down CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk as CVA-63 | |
| 1957-sep-14 | Laid down | Laid down CV-64 USS Constellation as CVA-64 | |
| 1960-may-21 | Launched | Launched CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk | |
| 1960-oct-08 | Launched | Launched CV-64 USS Constellation | |
| 1961-apr-29 | Commissioned | Commissioned CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk | |
| 1961-oct-01 | | CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk rounded Cape Horn in transit to San Diego | |
| 1961-oct-13 | Port Visit | Port Visit CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk | |
| 1961-oct-20 | Port Visit | Port Visit CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk | |
| 1961-oct-27 | Commissioned | Commissioned CV-64 USS Constellation | |
| 1961-nov-01 | Homeport | Homeport CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk | |
| 1961-nov-23 | Refit | Refit CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk | |
| 1962-sep | Homeport | Homeport CV-64 USS Constellation San Diego, CA | |
| 1962-nov-30 | Port Visit | Port Visit CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk Philippine Republic Aviation Week Air Show | |
| 1962-dec | Port Visit | Port Visit CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk | |
| 1963-jun-06 | | CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk President JFK on board | |
| 1970-feb-20 | Deployment | Deployment CV-64 USS Constellation Yankee Station, off Vietnam, lost HH-3A 149908 from HC-7 | |
| 1973 | | CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk reclassified as CV-63 | |
| 1973-oct | Refit | Refit CV-64 USS Constellation oct73-jun74 overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Yard | |
| 1975-jul-01 | | CV-64 USS Constellation reclassified as CV-64 | |
| 1982 | Refit | Refit CV-64 USS Constellation until 1984, Terrier long range SAMs removed. | |
| 1989 | Refit | Refit CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk Service Life Extension Programme, until 1991 | |
| 1990-oct | Refit | Refit CV-64 USS Constellation Service Life Extension Programme, until Mar 1993 | |
| 1993-jul | Homeport | Homeport CV-64 USS Constellation new Homeport after SLEP refit. | |
| 1994-may | Deployment | Deployment CV-64 USS Constellation until Jun. | |
| 1994-nov | Deployment | Deployment CV-64 USS Constellation departed NAS North Island for 6 month WestPac95 deployment with HS-2 embarked. Joined by USS Kinkaid and Ammunition ship USS Kiska. Rendezvoused with USS Chosin and USS Lake Erie off Hawaii. | |
| 1995-jan | Deployment | Deployment CV-64 USS Constellation Persian Gulf enforcing no-fly zone, until May | |
| 1997-apr | Deployment | Deployment CV-64 USS Constellation Persian Gulf enforcing no-fly zone, until Oct. | |
| 1998-jul-06 | | CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk departure San Diego | |
| 1998-aug | Homeport | Homeport CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk As forward deploy carrier at Yokosuka, Japan | |
| 1998-aug | Homeport | Homeport CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk relieved USS Independence at Yokosuka, as forward-deployed carrier, until May 2008. | |
| 1999-nov | Port Visit | Port Visit CV-64 USS Constellation visited Fremantle during mid Nov 1999 | |
| 2001-apr | Deployment | Deployment CV-64 USS Constellation Persian Gulf enforcing no-fly zone, until Aug when she headed for Pearl Harbor. | |
| 2001-sep-09 | Deployment | Deployment CV-64 USS Constellation return leg from Pearl Harbor to San Diego, arriving 14 Sep. | |
| 2001-oct-12 | Deployment | Deployment CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk positioned to the northern Arabian Sea with HS-14 plus 1st and 4th Bn 160th SOAR embarked, to support special operations missions over Afghanistan until 12 Dec. | |
| 2002-nov | Deployment | Deployment CV-64 USS Constellation Final deployment from NS San Diego to Arabian Gulf until Jun 2003. | |
| 2003-aug-07 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned CV-64 USS Constellation at NAS North Island | |
| 2003-dec-02 | Struck | Struck CV-64 USS Constellation Bremerton, WA | |
| 2007-sep-04 | Deployment | Deployment CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk Exercise Malabar 07-2 Participated in multi-national exercise in Bay of Bengal with Carrier Air Wing 5 embarked, until 9 Sep. | |
| 2008-may-28 | Deployment | Deployment CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk departured Yokosuka after being relieved by USS George Washington. Took part in RIMPAC 08 and made for San Diego; arrived Aug 2008 | |
| 2009-may-12 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk at Bremerton | |
| 2024-jan | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk undergoing breaking-up at Brownsville, TX | |
