USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), 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. Kitty Hawk was the first of the three Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers to be commissioned and the last to be decommissioned.

小鷹號航空母艦（USS Kitty Hawk CV-63），原編號CVA-63，是美國海軍的航空母艦之一，採傳統動力設計，屬於小鷹級航空母艦的一員，除了是服役最久的同級艦之外，也是美國海軍最後一艘退役的傳統動力航空母艦。

小鹰号航空母舰（英文：USS Kitty Hawk CV-63），是 美国海军 隶下的一型常规动力航空母舰，是美国海军小鹰级航空母舰的首舰 [1] 。 小鹰号航空母舰是在福莱斯特级航空母舰的基础上发展而来，其主要任务是用 舰载机 对水面、空中和陆上目标进行攻击作战。

The Kitty Hawk-class supercarriers of the United States Navy were an incremental improvement on the Forrestal-class vessels. Three were built, all in the 1960s, Kitty Hawk (CV-63) (1961–2009), Constellation (CV-64) (1961–2003), and America (CV-66) (1965–1996), as well as the variant John F. Kennedy (CV-67) (1967–2007).

Kitty Hawk was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for exceptionally meritorious service from 26 November 1965 to 14 May 1966 while participating in combat operations against the insurgent Communist guerrilla forces in the Republic of Vietnam. The valiant men of her Carrier Air Wing 11 flew over 10 000 sorties and delivered over 10 700 tons of ...

Initially commissioned as attack aircraft carrier CVA 63, she was redesignated as multi-purpose aircraft carrier CV 63 April 29, 1973. Since August 1998, KITTY HAWK was homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, where she relieved the USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) as the only forward deployed aircraft carrier in the Navy.

2010年2月18日 · On October 17, 1963 USS Kitty Hawk departed San Diego for the Far East and her second tour of duty with the Seventh Fleet. Enroute to the western Pacific, the aircraft carrier received her Operational Readiness Inspection in Hawaiian waters. While approaching Japan, she learned an assassin had shot President Kennedy.

2009年5月12日 · USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) changes berth at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in preparation for her upcoming decommissioning ceremony. USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) departs Yokosuka, Japan for the final time. Sayonara is Japanese for "goodbye" - May 28, 2008. During the late 1500's, European colonists began to settle along the Outer Banks in North Carolina.

KITTY HAWK (CV-63) is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. She has an outstanding combat history and won the Presidential Unit Citation. Her construction marked to...

USS KITTY HAWK CV 63 U.S. Carriers | Decommissioned | Links | Info | Deployments | History . Date. Squadrons. Battle Group. Area of operations. Operations/ Exercises. Ports of call. August 11, 1961 - November 1, 1961. VF-111 VA-112 VA-113 VA-115 VAH-13 VFP-63 Det.C VAW-11 Det.C HU-1 Det.C .