The
Kitty Hawk by ET2 Darren Drake |
| From the cruise book, the USS Kitty hawk had its
keel laid into place on Dec. 27th, 1956. Three and one half years
later, on May 21st, 1960 ,the kitty hawk was launched by the New
York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey. After
nearly a year of rigorous testing to see if she was capable to be a fighting
vessel, the USS Kitty Hawk was commissioned into the Navy, April, 29th
1961. Her first captain of the kitty hawk was Captain W. F. Bringle.
The following information is just from memory and may be wrong, however,
the kitty hawk is 1032 feet long, has four engines, weighs 80,000 lbs,
travels at a max speed of about 38 knots, carries about eighty aircraft
and has a crew of around 6,000 sailors.
Click here to see pictures of he kitty hawk back in 1977 Click here to go to the Yellow Airplane Home Base. |
