| China then reversed its position based on humanitarian grounds but by that time, Kitty Hawk was too far away to dock in time for the holiday. [5] Kitty Hawk was replaced by George H. W. Bush. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 11 Sep 2001: Al Qaeda terrorists attacked the U.S. Kitty Hawk was in the midst of an extensive maintenance period. 1062.5 ft / 323.8 m = CV 63 Kitty Hawk 1052 ft / 315.6 m = CV-67 John F. Kennedy 1140 feet / 350 meters 1123 ft / 342m = USS Enterprice [CVN-65] [world's longest warship] 1092 ft / 333m = CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford 1092 ft / 333m = CVN-68 Nimitz Flight Deck Width: 240 ft / 73 meters 252 ft / 76.8 m = CV 63 Kitty Hawk 18 Apr 1966: Intelligence revealed that the North Vietnamese were repairing the damage at Uong Bi Thermal Power Plant, and a pair of A-6As, VA-85, executed a surprise midnight attack against the factory. Overhaul, 6 Jan 198224 Jan 1983, Installations: MK 16 Mod 1 six barreled 20 mm Phalanx Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWS) on two sponsons forward at frames 2540 portside and 3550 starboard, extending sponson six, portside aft further back to the fantail; replaced the fixed jet engine run up platform on the fantail with a movable trailer; the magazine wet sprinkler system was converted into a dry system; AFF Bilge sprinkling and Halon fire fighting systems in all engineering spaces except No. LT Clayton R. Wylie, VA-115, accomplished the 1,000th arrested landing on board in Aircraft No. On 25 June 1966, Kitty Hawk hosted the world premier of the movie within Hanger Bay No. Steaming via Japan, the carrier reached San Diego on 19 June and a week later entered the naval shipyard at Long Beach for maintenance. 2001 2003 6 Mar 1968: Flying Ace 511, an A-6A (BuNo 152922), LT Richard C. Nelson, and LT Gilbert L. Mitchell, VA-75, was lost (unknown causes) during a strike against the Haiphong Railroad Yard. 1418 Jan 1979: Kitty Hawk conducted shipboard trials for A-4Ms and F-4Ss. 1983 FIRST DUTY STATION FOR ME AND FIRST CARRIER AS WELL. Yarbrough died but Brady survived, only to be taken prisoner. Linfield 210, however, experienced fuel exhaustion and ditched in the sea, near 2039'N, 10713'E, both men being rescued by a Navy SAR helo. 14 Apr 1972: Linfield 203, an F-4J (BuNo 157252), LT Joseph G. Greenleaf, and LT Clemie McKinney, VF-114, the number two aircraft on a three-plane strike against a communist POL target, was shot down by 23 or 37 mm AAA, west of Quang Tri, South Vietnam, at 1530, near 1648N, 10654E. 1317 May 1987: Kitty Hawk operated for the first time in the Red Sea, though restricted air space limited flight evolutions. I LEFT THIS CARRIER AFTER 2008 RIMPAC. 15 Oct 1973: A congressional delegation arrived on board to survey Naval Aviators relative to restructuring flight pay fleet wide. The crew regained control of the space, however, and flight operations continued without interruption. [ Back] (2) Graduated on 9 June 1943 with the Class of 1944. 2628 Apr 1981: Russian AGI Nikolay Zubov (SSV-468) shadowed Kitty Hawk while the carrier conducted operations near Guam. 14 Mar 1966: SAR helo crews conducted the "daring rescue" of two USAF aircrewmen after their aircraft was shot down, both being extricated from their predicament within range of enemy shore batteries. | 31 Dec 1992: Kitty Hawk transited the Strait of Hormuz into the Arabian Gulf. KITTY HAWK (CV-63) Crew Roster. A steam line ruptured, followed by the malfunction of a sea valve, causing flooding in No. [51], On 20 October 2017, Kitty Hawk was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register,[52] and on 25 October 2017, the Navy announced its intentions to dispose of her by scrapping. Year Rank/Rate Last Name First Name Hometown Home State Remembered by; 1940: Cox: Tim: Poestenkill: NY: Addressing the men of the task group from Kitty Hawk, President Kennedy told them that, as in the past, control of the seas still means security, peace, and ultimate victory. Later that month, Kitty Hawk was scheduled to dock at Hong Kong for Thanksgiving. 1990 The investigative report of 10 January 1974, section 3, paragraph 3 stated, "The replacement of the defective gasket in the strainer cover assembly by Fireman Apprentice Kevin W. Johnson (deceased) reflected, in the words of the investigating officer, poor judgment and unsound maintenance practices." Penetrating the coast about halfway between the Chinese border and Haiphong, the men navigated through inclement weather to a highway lit up like the Los Angeles freeway, packed with enemy vehicles with their lights blazing. [54], On 6 October 2021, Kitty Hawk and John F. Kennedy were sold for one-cent each to International Shipbreaking Limited. Built by: New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. Normal occurrences when carriers deployed near foreign shores, such overflights heightened Cold War tensions. Flags were at half-mast as she entered Sasebo Harbor on 25 November 1963, the day of the President's funeral, and, as senior ship present, she had the sad honor of firing memorial salutes. MY CURRENT COMMAND IS USS PELELIU-LHA5. 29 Jul 1966: VADM Bernard F. Roeder relieved VADM Lawson P. Ramage, Commander, First Fleet, in a ceremony on board Kitty Hawk. LCDR Sayers attempted to fly to Da Nang Air Base (AB), South Vietnam, but hydraulic failure forced the crew to eject at sea, both men being recovered after 20 minutes in the water by a USAF HU-16. These strikes prompted VADM William F. Bringle, Commander, Seventh Fleet, to remark, "I wish to express my admiration for your spirit, hard work and self sacrifice during these last two months." 27 Jun 1983: The first McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet landed on board. Russian Tu-95s monitored the ship, 910 August. All Rights Reserved. 20 Jul 1994: The ship began operating with Japanese forces, followed by South Korean, the latter on the 24th. | 1617 May 1968: CVW-11 aircraft knocked out the Da Linh ground control equipment site, mobile radar used to track U.S. aircraft, followed the next day by a similar strike against the Vinh SAM site, comprising four launchers. 1315 Jan 1984: Soviet AGI Nikolay Zubov trailed the carrier during TransitEx 84-8, the Kitty Hawks voyage into the Western Pacific. As the pair was completing a bombing run and seeking a tanker to refuel prior to returning to the carrier, the Tomcat experienced a mechanical failure. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website? America was outraged by the act, the government responding by sending Kitty Hawk to the region, which was underway on the 21st within 12 hours of receiving her orders. Kitty Hawk was the first of the three Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers to be commissioned and the last to be decommissioned. Also on that day, Buckeye 512, an A-6A (BuNo 152589), LT(JG) Lewis I. Williams, Jr., and LT(JG) Michael D. Christian, VA-85, was shot down by AAA over North Vietnam, 21-24N, 106-19E. For their actions in the region, Kitty Hawk and CVW-15 were awarded the Navy Expeditionary Medal. Both Linfield 211 and Viceroy 507, an A-6A, VA-52, it was covering while the latter struck a railroad target, received fire from four other SAMs, together with heavy AAA. The next day, Kitty Hawk came about from Camel Station, beginning her eastward transit to the U.S. 25 Jan 1980: While en route to Subic Bay, Kitty Hawk was reconnoitered by Soviet Il-38s. Jan 1969: Some of the crew participated as extras in the filming of the movie Too Late the Heroes, while in the Subic Bay area. Extended deployments and long line periods had produced a nearly intolerable strain on the crew, fueled by the racial tension endemic throughout the armed forces. LT(JG) Zerbe, and AN David J. Underhill, VF-213, died in the tragic mishap, while LT Cline, ADJ1 Coleman, AN R.H. Boone, VF-114, AN T.S. On 21 June 1966, LT(JG)Westin was later awarded the Navy Cross for his intrepidity and courage during the battle. While CVW-11 deployed with 116 aircraft assigned, due to space restrictions on board, VS-33 (S-2Gs) and HS-8 (SH-3Ds) did not deploy. | Pettis received the DFC for his extraordinary efforts during the rescue. Several days later Lightning 611 participated in a SAR of a downed Tomcat crew, together with HSL-51. SEMPER FORTIS EVERYONE!!! The move was seen as a deterrent to forestall North Korean's taking advantage of the deployment of substantial U.S. forces for Operation Iraqi Freedom to attack neighboring South Korea. Propulsion system: eight Steam Boilers Length, overall: 1046,5 feet (319 meters) Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters) Area of flight deck: about 4,5 . 9 Aug 1991: The ship arrived at NS Norfolk. Removals: AN/SLR-13 ECM; and AN/WRR-1 AEW Beacon. 16 Sep 2004-15 Jan 2005: Kitty Hawk completed an SRA at Yokosuka. The ship was released prior to being sent into the Indian Ocean, on 23 March. With the return of CVW-15 to its decks, Kitty Hawk began its second deployment around "the Horn" of South America to her original home port of San Diego on 11 December 1991, performing Gringo-Gaucho with the Argentine Naval Aviation during the transit. 3-7 Apr 1964: Kitty Hawk participated in two exercises, Crazy Horse (3-5 April) off Okinawa, Japan, and Newboy, an air defense exercise on the 7th off the Philippines. Other nations that took part were Australia, Japan, Singapore and host nation India. Due to the massive amounts of thick black smoke, the crew was ordered topside to the flight deck until the fire could be controlled and the smoke cleared. "I saw the missile explode," Wisely later recalled, "and saw an explosion as the plane erupted.". While orbiting Battle Cry 314 to protect Abbott after his crash, Battle Cry 303, another A-4C (BuNo 149495), LT(JG) Harry G. Welch, VA-113, was hit by probable 37 mm AAA. 1-2 Apr 2003: 27 Hornets and 12 Tomcats flew 69 "dedicated strike missions' against Iraqi troops in Basrah and in and near Baghdad, dropping nearly 100,000 pounds of ordnance. Mar 1966: Flying "just off the deck" through heavy rain while encountering poor visibility, A-1Hs from VA-115 "tore into" Cap Chao radar site, eight miles southwest of Than Hoa, with air-to-ground rockets. On the 5th, a Douglas A-3B Skywarrior flew a mining mission to the Song Ma River, North Vietnam, the first such use of Skywarriors from the carrier. The Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department was also awarded the Air Forces, US Pacific Fleet Departmental Excellence Award, the Black "E" for this deployment. Noting what he believed to be a compressor stall during his first run, Pike began a second run to jettison his remaining ordnance, before aborting and heading east. During this WestPac deployment aircraft dropped 22,540,051 tons of ordnance on the enemy. | We and our partners store and/or access information on a device, such as cookies and process personal data, such as unique identifiers and standard information sent by a device for personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, and audience insights, as well as to develop and improve products. "They could hear us coming in and were shooting where we would have to fly to reach our target," recalled LT Fred L. Hewitt, III, "So we just flew through their wall of flak. 10 Feb-28 Mar 2005: The ship cruised in the Western Pacific, including the Sea of Japan and the East and South China Seas. She was officially decommissioned on 12 May 2009 after 48 years of service. Tensions among opposition groups produced a state of near-anarchy within the troubled land. Back to the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) page. 19 Jun 1981: Fetch 613, NL 611, an SH-3H (BuNo 148967), HS-4, made a forced water landing, at 223N, 6544E, at 0930. 1977 Aircraft Nos 615 and 616, SH-3Hs, HS-2, inspected the unlit submarine via AN/PVS-5A night vision goggles and sonobuoys without noting serious damage. I was in the AFFF shop and the Filter shop for my time on the Hawk, as much as i hate it here i met some of my closest friends here and wouldn't trade it for the world. 18 Jan 1993: Kitty Hawk launched F-14As, F/A-18As, and E-2Cs in support of a USAF strike against Iraqi targets in northern Iraq. | During this period, however, Irans pro-Western government collapsed, however, forcing the Shah into exile in the U.S. Kitty Hawk moved out of dry dock on 28 April 1973, and the next day, on her 12th birthday, she was named a Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier (CV). The ship served as an afloat forward staging base for the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment,[21] with a reduced air wing. As a result, many of the aircraft were moved starboard to balance the ship until the fire was finally brought under control and two propulsion systems restored. 21 Dec 1966: War Paint 303, an A-4C (BuNo 148507), LT(JG) Danny E. Glenn, VA-144, was shot down by AAA during an armed reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam, 189'N, 1069'E. In August 1985, People Magazine printed an article stating that Kitty Hawk's missiles and jet parts were illegally smuggled into Iran, at that time considered a hostile nation, as revealed by Kitty Hawk's Petty Officer Robert W Jackson. Unofficially she was known as a supercarrier, a type of carrier longer and larger than other types. My first and probably last carrier in my career. Receiving North Vietnamese small arms, automatic weapons and 75 mm fire, Porch and his crew located the pilot and tried to retrieve him, only disengaging when a crewman was wounded and the crewman's radar altimeter was knocked out. Four more Hornets struck an Iraqi convoy engaging soldiers of the U.S. Army's V Corps with four GPS guided 1,000-pound bombs, and four others bombed an Iraqi barracks with eight GPS guided 1,000-pound bombs. At 0253, however, War Paint 310, another Skyhawk, observed a large explosion and fire at that position, the flames visible through light ground fog for almost an hour. Login| 7 Oct 1962: Kitty Hawk relieved carrier Midway (CVA-41) in the Seventh Fleet's area of responsibility (AOR). I am the son of Bill Hopkins of VFA 161 anyone who wants to know bout ol hoppy. 1. 5 to Pier 6E, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. 201, a Lockheed S-3A Viking, VS-29, catching the No. | Kitty Hawk departed San Diego on 8 March 1976, and on 12 March entered dry dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, to commence a US$100 million complex overhaul, scheduled to last just more than 12 months. 26 Jan 1990: The crew reoccupied administrative, berthing, and food services spaces in the aft compartments of the ship. Due to the great size of the ship, while many men were never aware of the riots, sleeping through them, others anxiously waited the crisis out behind secured hatches. While on deployment, Kitty Hawk spent nine days off the coast of Somalia supporting U.S. Marines and coalition forces involved in Operation Restore Hope. During her overhaul, most of the crew moved on board General Hugh J. Gaffey (IX-507) (ex-T-AP-121). 27 Aug 1985: Two Soviet Tu-16 Badgers flying out of Vietnam shadowed Kitty Hawk. To provide for embarked SOF, Kitty Hawk was reconfigured to deploy with less then 20 aircraft: Eight F/A-18Cs, three S-3Bs, two C-2As, and two SH-60Bs. The pilots followed the strike by dropping or damaging "Numerous bridges" at Ninh Binh the next day. The ship's Marines acted as "protagonist terrorists" on Ie Shima, near Okinawa. 7 Dec 1962: LT(JG) Ray Barnes, VA-113, became the ship's first jet centurion by completing his 100th arrested landing, in a Douglas A-4C Skyhawk. Recovering quickly, the enemy took advantage of adverse weather to regroup with minimal interference from the air, overrunning one South Vietnamese position after another by attacking them closely enough that aircrew could not support their hard-pressed Allies without endangering friendly troops. Major Deployments Away From Home Port For More Than 2 Months. Printing is also easily possible because of the high resolution and the missing watermarks. 20 Dec 2001: Kitty Hawk transited the Taiwan Strait northbound. Additional flyovers occurred on 12 October and 9 November 2000, without the ship being surprised. 23 Sep 2005-31 Jan 2006: The ship completed an SRA at Ship Repair Facility (SRF), Yokosuka. CVW-11 aircraft flew 5,466 combat and 4,887 support sorties, dropping 11,780.64 tons of ordnance on a "resourceful and determined enemy." Making radar system deliveries, the Intruder crews placed 26,000 pounds of ordnance on target, "sending showers of sparks and raging fires leaping into the air.". I miss the KH greatly after spending 2 years on shore and one month on the USS Abraham Lincoln. During these exercises, the ship visited Kobe, Beppu, and Iwakuni before returning to San Diego on 2 April 1963. While the pilot of the F-16CJ Wild Weasel, COL Michael J. Lepper, Commander, 35th Operations Group, was rescued by a Japanese UH-60J from Chitose AB, Hokkaido, the other pilot, flying an F-16C, CAPT Warren Sneed, 14th Fighter Squadron, was not recovered. 306, an A-7E (BuNo 159650), LCDR Gregory J. Gagarin, VA-22, collided with Aircraft No. [15] Later, the FBI arrested seven suspects involved in this smuggling scheme,[16] an event related to what was later known as the Iran-Contra scandal. Aircrew conducted small arms familiarization, and 10 Leathernecks from Kitty Hawks Marine detachment trained as door gunners on board HS-8s Sea Kings in preparation for air-sea rescue missions in case of hostilities during Iranian contingencies. In addition, following a revolution in Afghanistan beginning on 27 April 1979, and the subsequent Soviet invasion on 24 December, the U.S. decided to maintain two carrier battle groups on station in the Indian Ocean. "O.J." 17-20 May 2000: The ship participated in Cobra Gold 2000, an exercise with Thai and Singaporean forces, in the Gulf of Thailand. While the VA completed scanning, the National Archives continues to process the images from the VA in batches. 23 Dec 2001: The ship returned to Yokosuka, ending her 83-day Operation Enduring Freedom deployment. The Kitty Hawk was the best and worst ship ever. [3] 1980s [ edit] VS-21 made one operational deployment with the USS Ranger CV-61 between 7 April and 18 October 1982 before being reassigned to CVW-11. SRA, 14 Feb26 May 1995, Installations: AN/SPS-49 (V) 5 Air search radar; and new air conditioning plant. 3 Lower Stage Weapons Elevator; and close circuit television (CCTV) in Indian Ocean IC and CIC. Helo No. During this WestPac deployment the ship made her first visit to Fleet Activities (FA), Yokosuka, Japan. 12 Apr1 May 1968: Aircrew flew 2,150 combat sorties during Kitty Hawks third line period of this WestPac deployment. The hostages would not be released until 21 January 1981, after 444 days of grueling captivity. 6-7 June 1963: President John F. Kennedy and an entourage that included the CNO and other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, together with Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth, visited Kitty Hawk overnight, viewing a First Fleet weapons demonstration. Part of the Tomcat slid off the port side. 6 Jun 1964: Machine gun (MG) and 37 mm anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) fire downed Cork Tip, a Ling-Temco-Vought RF-8A Crusader (BuNo 146823), LT Charles F. Klusmann, Light Photographic Squadron (VFP)-63 Det C, while he was flying a Yankee Team [reconnaissance] mission, about 10 miles south of Ban Ban on Route 7, east of the Plaines des Jarres, Laos. 10-11 May 1964: The ship conducted joint operations with British carrier HMS Victorious (R-38) off Japan. 9 Feb 1987: Kitty Hawk arrived on Gonzo Station, north Arabian Sea. 5-19 Aug 1996: Kitty Hawk participated in JTFEx 96-2, Southern California Operations Area . 1976 15 Oct 1994: Secretary of the Navy John Dalton visited the ship, presenting awards to five crewmembers responsible for rescuing the pilot of Aircraft 102 (See 11 July 1994). 28 Apr 1990: Kitty Hawk moved from Drydock No. 1973 4 Main Machinery Room; AN/URC-9, AN/SRC-20, and AN/SRC-21 UHF line-of-sight communications capabilities were enhanced by replacing older equipment with AN/WSC-3; and AN/SPS-49 long range air search radar (two-dimensional), replacing AN/SPS-37. The supercarrier USS Kitty Hawk, formerly CVA-63, is the second naval ship named after Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the site of the Wright brothers' first pow.. The crew turned over General Hugh J. Gaffey to the crew of Constellation on 2 December. The submarine surfaced, revealing a Pakistani Agosta-class boat. 5, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, was flooded. 13 Oct 1962: Kitty Hawk became Seventh Fleet flagship for the day while hosting the change of command as VADM Thomas H. Moorer relieved ADM William A. Schoech as Commander, Seventh Fleet. | Referring to the Cuban Missile Crisis the previous autumn, the President used the occasion to note: "Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that control of the sea means security. OConnor, VA-105, was shot down by 23 or 37 mm AAA during a strafing run against a suspected storage area, Laos, 1625N, 10650E. 1 logged its 150,000th. About 27 seconds into the flight, the classic thump bang and a series of flashes on the starboard side of the Tomcat indicated an engine fire. Injured during his ejection, Klusmann became the first Naval Aviator taken by the enemy in Southeast Asia when he fell into the hands of the Pathet Lao. As a result of the deaths of the six crew members, on 10 January 1974, an investigation was ordered by Rear Admiral Donald C. Davis, Commander of Carrier Group 1 and Senior Officer onboard Kitty Hawk designated as his flagship. The result was an "accidental" intelligence coup for the U.S. Navy. On 15 January 2022 Kitty Hawk left Puget Sound Naval Shipyard under tow en route to Brownsville, Texas, for scrapping, arriving there on 31 May 2022.[6]. Kitty Hawk moved into dry dock on 14 January 1973, and work began to convert the ship from an attack (CVA) to a multi-mission carrier (CV). 23 Sep 1975: AMS3 Andrew J. Wantulok, HS-8, was killed while working on an SH-3D as the helo was preparing to launch. Jones, ship's company, and AN Walter D. Needham, VF-213, suffered injuries. Kitty Hawk is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Two Russian Il-38s reconnoitered the ship and Battle Group Bravo, on the 28th, and contact was gained during the exercise on a Soviet Foxtrot-class submarine. 12 recovered both men, who were treated for hypothermia and exposure. The carrier made a rare visit to Hobart, Tasmania as well as being only the second carrier to ever stop in Manama, Bahrain. Their blasts were going off so close to the plane it was making us bounce.". During this WestPac deployment CVW-11 dropped 16,022.0 tons of ordnance on the enemy. In 1995, Kitty Hawk embarked airwing transitioned to CVW-11, marking a change to a single F-14 squadron, and 3 F/A-18 squadrons.[19]. Met great people and keep in contact with. During this deployment, CVW-5 flew over 600 missions, including more than 100 combat sorties, against al Qaeda terrorists and the Taliban. Her F-4J CAP intercepted the Russians while they were still 100 nautical miles out, as she transited eastward toward the U.S. 16 Aug19 Oct 1971: The ship completed a RAV, the first time that the shipyard came to the ship, all work being done at Pier Mike-November, NAS North Island. While the cost of such an iconic vessel is contested, her nearly five . Her aircraft provided close air support and reconnaissance for assault troops. 19 May 1967: Linfield 204, an F-4B (BuNo 153004), LT(JG) Joseph C. Plumb, and LT(JG) Gareth L. Anderson, VF-114, was shot down by one of "numerous" SAMs fired at attacking aircraft, despite "violent jinking" [evasive maneuvering], while on a strike against the Van Dien SAM Support Depot, North Vietnam, 2048'N, 10544'E. 28 Apr 1970: The ship completed dock trials. 25 Feb 1980: Kitty Hawk returned from her WestPac/Indian Ocean deployment (having originally been scheduled only for WestPac with a return date of 17 December 1979) mooring at 1019. Kitty Hawk steamed to the South China Sea to provide a stabilizing presence in the region. 15 Nov 1985: The ship participated in exercise Glad Customer 86-1 with two USAF B-52s as Bears, conducting a long range turn over with Saratoga (CV-60), two days later. Several hours later, AK3 Andrew J. Philliber, Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron (VAQ)-135, fell overboard from the hanger deck. Kitty Hawk is one of 12 aircraft carriers in the American naval fleet and the only permanently forward deployed aircraft carrier. The overflight purportedly surprised the ship, which failed to launch her alert aircraft in time to intercept the inbound Russians, due to communications errors. 6 Dec 1977: Two Russian Tu-16 Badgers conducted close-in reconnaissance of the ship in an area northeast of Tsushima Island. 19 Apr 1966: Aircraft hit the Cam Pha Port Facility, North Vietnam. In addition, the ship experienced an unusually high level of North Vietnamese MiG activity.. 1975 22 Feb1 May 1974: Kitty Hawk steamed in the Indian Ocean, focusing upon coordinated air operations, including composite, power projection and sea control modes.. 27 Jul18 Aug 1985: During TransitEx 85-14 into WestPac, Kitty Hawk operated with battleship New Jersey (BB-62) and Constellation, conducting an anti-submarine warfare exercise with submarine Pintado (SSN-672). 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