U.S.S. Kitty Hawk
CV-63
2001
(Argos AS-75)
- Class: Kitty Hawk - 4 aircraft carriers of 1956-63
- Displacement: 61,000 tons standard, 82,000 tons full load
- Dimensions: 990' (wl) 1045' (oa) x 130' (hull) 265' (max) x 37'
- Machinery: 8 boilers, 4 steam turbines; 280,000 shp; 4 shafts
- Speed: 33 knots
- Missiles: 3 8-tube NATO Sea Sparrow launchers Mk 29
- Guns: 3 20-mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 16
- Aircraft: 80
- Complement: 2,930 crew + 2,480 air wing
- Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA
- Keel Laid: 27 Dec 1956
- Launched: 21 May 1960
- Commissioned: 29 Apr 1961
- Service: Classified originally as attack carrier CVA-63. Designation changed to a multi-mission carrier 29 Apr 1973.
- F/A-18 Hornet
- F/A-18E Super Hornet
- EC-2 Hawkeye
- EA-6 Prowler
- S-3 Viking
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