CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk

1961 to 2009

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Kitty Hawk class
CV - Aircraft Carrier

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History of CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk
1955	Ordered
1956-dec-27	Laid down	as CVA-63
1960-may-21	Launched
1961-apr-29	Commissioned	NS Norfolk
1961-oct-1		Cape Horn rounded Cape Horn in transit to San Diego
1961-oct-13	Port Visit	Valparaíso
1961-oct-20	Port Visit	Callao
1961-nov-1	Homeport	Naval Base San Diego
1961-nov-23	Refit	San Francisco Naval Shipyard
1962-nov-30	Port Visit	Manila Harbour Philippine Republic Aviation Week Air Show
1962-dec	Port Visit	Hong Kong Port
1963-jun-6		California off coast President JFK on board
1973		reclassified as CV-63
1989	Refit	Service Life Extension Programme, until 1991
1998-jul-6		departure San Diego
1998-aug	Homeport	Yokosuka Naval Base As forward deploy carrier at Yokosuka, Japan
1998-aug	Homeport	relieved USS Independence at Yokosuka, as forward-deployed carrier, until May 2008.
2001-oct-12	Deployment	Arabian Sea Enduring Freedom 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.
2007-sep-4	Deployment	7th Fleet 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	Naval Base San Diego 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	NS Kitsap Decommissioned at Bremerton

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