USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:F-14_Tomcat
gptkb:C-2_Greyhound
gptkb:E-2_Hawkeye
gptkb:F/_A-18_Hornet
gptkb:EA-6_B_Prowler
gptkb:S-3_Viking
approximately 85 aircraft
gptkbp:armament gptkb:RIM-116_Rolling_Airframe_Missile
gptkb:Tomahawk_cruise_missiles
gptkb:RIM-66_Standard
gptkb:RIM-7_Sea_Sparrow
gptkb:Specification
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Global_War_on_Terrorism_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkbp:beam 252 ft (77 m)
gptkbp:class Kitty Hawk-class
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_William_G._Mc_Gowan
gptkb:Captain_John_A._Mc_Gowan
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1961
1961-04-29
April 29, 1961
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:crew 3,000 personnel
approximately 5,680 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:2009
gptkb:Naval_Station_Bremerton
2009-01-31
January 31, 2009
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:1962
gptkb:2008
gptkbp:displacement approximately 60,000 tons
gptkbp:draft_year 36 ft (11 m)
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Yokosuka,_Japan
gptkb:Naval_Station_Yokosuka
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1949
May 21, 1960
1960-05-21
gptkbp:length 1,092 feet
1,092 ft (333 m)
1,092 feet (333 m)
gptkbp:mission gptkb:Operation_Tomodachi
gptkb:Operation_Noble_Eagle
gptkb:Operation_Southern_Watch
gptkb:Operation_Frequent_Wind
training exercises
humanitarian assistance missions
evacuation operations
gptkbp:nickname The Hawk
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom
gptkb:Operation_Iraqi_Freedom
gptkb:Operation_Desert_Storm
gptkbp:notable_feature gptkb:aircraft
nuclear power
hangar deck
arrestor wires
catapult launch system
gptkbp:operates_under gptkb:battle
gptkbp:operational_area power projection
sea control
forward presence
gptkbp:operational_range unlimited range with refueling
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:propulsion Nuclear power
steam turbines
8 × General Electric L M2500 gas turbines
gptkbp:range unlimited range with fuel
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:USS_George_Washington_(CVN-73)
gptkbp:resting_place Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:shopping_mall
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)
gptkb:USS_America_(CV-66)
gptkb:USS_Nimitz_(CVN-68)
gptkb:USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)
gptkb:USS_Constellation_(CV-64)
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
30 knots (56 km/h; 34 mph)
30 knots (56 km/h)
gptkbp:succeeded_by gptkb:USS_George_H._W._Bush_(CVN-77)
gptkbp:wingspan gptkb:Carrier_Air_Wing_11
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4