Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kitty_Hawk-class_aircraft_carriers
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried up to 85
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement about 5,600 (including air wing)
gptkbp:decommissioned 2009
gptkbp:displacement about 81,000 tons (full load)
gptkbp:enteredService 1961
gptkbp:firstShipLaunched gptkb:USS_Kitty_Hawk_(CV-63)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers
gptkbp:length about 1,047 feet (319 m)
gptkbp:notableDeployment gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom
gptkb:Operation_Iraqi_Freedom
gptkb:Vietnam_War
Operation Desert Storm
gptkbp:notableFeature angled flight deck
anti-aircraft missile systems
steam catapults
gptkbp:numberBuilt 4
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Forrestal-class_aircraft_carriers
gptkbp:propulsion conventional steam turbines
gptkbp:shipsInClass gptkb:USS_America_(CV-66)
gptkb:USS_Kitty_Hawk_(CV-63)
gptkb:USS_Constellation_(CV-64)
gptkb:USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)
gptkbp:speed over 30 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Nimitz-class_aircraft_carriers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nimitz-class_aircraft_carriers
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6