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PHOTOS: WALKAROUND
USS Kittyhawk,CV63
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Posted: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 10:02 PM UTC
Ahoy Mates!

Join me in a dockside photo walk-around of the carrier, "USS Kittyhawk, CV63, taken in 1993 in Norfolk, Virginia.
Photographs taken and submitted by Pieter Bakels, (PBBAKs).
Thanks Pete!

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Thanks!
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Posted: Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 02:02 AM UTC
Thanks Pete, Nice photos.
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Posted: Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 02:08 AM UTC
Hey all,
Great photo's. I have never seen or been on a aircraft carrier before and it always amazies me just how big these ships are. To bad they don't have one close to Michigan so I can take a gander.
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Posted: Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 05:35 AM UTC
Is the KIttyhawk still in service? I know they were planning on striking the last diesel powered carrier, but I don't remember which one or when it was to take place.
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Posted: Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 05:42 AM UTC
Aye, Steve, she is...In 2008 Kitty Hawk will be replaced as the forward-deployed carrier in Yokosuka, Japan by the USS George Washington (CVN-73)...
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Posted: Friday, June 08, 2007 - 08:55 AM UTC
That's what I thought the Japanese are still touchy about nuclear stuff and there was some concern about the Washington porting there
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