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05-28-2008, 15:37
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| Monkey Mouse   |  USS Kitty Hawk to be decommissioned YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) -- The oldest active ship in the U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, made its final departure from Japan on Wednesday to be decommissioned after nearly half a century of service. The Kitty Hawk, with sailors lining its decks, pulled away from Yokosuka port just south of Tokyo to the cheers of hundreds of schoolchildren and the sounds of brass bands. It flew the "Don't Tread on Me" flag, which designates it as the oldest ship in the Navy. The Kitty Hawk, the last conventionally powered aircraft carrier in the Navy, is to be replaced later this summer by the USS George Washington, a nuclear-powered carrier. After leaving Japan, the Kitty Hawk will make a stop at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and then travel on to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, to be decommissioned. The ship, commissioned in 1961, became the first forward-deployed aircraft carrier in the Navy when it was assigned to Japan in 1998. It has since made 20 deployments in the western Pacific and participated in Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq. "Since it arrived in August 1998, the Kitty Hawk has been a visible symbol of strength in a rapidly changing world," U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer said. "Goodbye Kitty Hawk, hello George Washington. The Kitty Hawk and its battle group are the centerpiece of the 7th Fleet, the largest in the Navy, with 40 to 50 ships, 120 aircraft and about 20,000 sailors and Marines. Roughly 21 of the ships are based in Japan and the Pacific island of Guam, while the others rotate out of ports in Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast. The Source
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06-02-2008, 03:58
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| NCO   | Re: USS Kitty Hawk to be decommissioned I hope the USS Kitty Hawk will become a museum like the USS Intrepid USS Intrepid (CV-11) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and USS Iowa USS Iowa (BB-61) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia as well as the USS Missouri USS Missouri (BB-63) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia used as an artifical reef and diving sight. The USS USS Oriskany USS Oriskany (CV-34 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
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06-02-2008, 12:56
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| Monkey Mouse | Re: USS Kitty Hawk to be decommissioned That would be wonderful. It would be a shame to just turn it into scrap metal.
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