#kitty hawk class

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USS Princeton (Kitty Hawk Class) by Paul Young

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USS SAN JACINTO (CG-56), USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), USS SARATOGA (CV-60) and USS BIDDLE (CG-34) underway. After 45 days on station in the Red Sea in support of Operation Desert Shield, USS John F. Kennedy and her battle group are being relieved by Saratoga and her battle group.

NARA: 6467198

Photographed by PH2 Charles W. Moore, on October 24, 1990.

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A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4B-27-MC Phantom II (BuNo 153031) from Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114) "Aardvarks" on approach for recovery on board the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) on 27 April 1969.

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USS IOWA (BB-61) and USS AMERICA (CV-66) display their holiday lighting as they lie moored with other warships on Christmas Eve at the Norfolk Naval Base.

Photographed on December 24, 1989.

NARA: 6457134

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State Ship Series: USS AMERICA

There have been four ships commissioned named after the United States of America in the US Navy.

USS AMERICA (1782)

Type: 74-gun Ship of the Line

Laid down: May 1777

Christened/Launched: November 5, 1782

Fate: Scrapped due to dry rot, 1786

Built for the Continental Navy but given to France as a thank you for the support during the American Revolution and to replace their Ship of the Line, Magnifique, which was destroyed during the conflict.

USS AMERICA (IX-41)

Type: racing yacht

Laid down: November 1850

Christened/Launched: May 3, 1851

Commissioned: 1862

Decommissioned: 1866

Recommissioned: 1923

Decommissioned: 1942

Fate: Scrapped, 1945

This ship had an interesting career. Originally named America. She built in 1951 for a member of the New York Yacht Club and won the the America's Cup international sailing trophy. Then owned by several different owners in Europe, one of which renamed her Camilla, and was brought back across the Atlantic in 1861. Then sold to the Confederate States of America and who used her renamed Memphis, as a blockade runner until they had to scuttle her 1862 when Union forces took Jacksonville, Florida. She was raised and repaired by the US Navy and renamed her USS America. She was used to blockade the CSA and after the war, was laid up until she was decommissioned and then sold in 1873. Refitted as a racing yacht for international racing. Then she changed hands several times until in 1921 she was sold to the America Restoration Fund, which donated her to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. The shed which housed America collapsed during a heavy snowstorm and destroyed in 1942. She was scrapped in 1945.

USS AMERICA (ID-3006)

Type: Troop Transport

Laid down: unknown

Launched: April 20, 1905

Completed: September 21, 1905

Acquired: July 25, 1917

Commissioned: August 6, 1917

Decommissioned: September 26, 1919

Fate: see below

Originally the Hamburg America Line SS Amerika, she was seized when the US entered World War I and converted from a passenger liner to a troop ship. Used by the US Army for transport duty as USAT America. Turned over to the United States Line in 1920. They operated her until 1930. Turned over the US Army again in 1940 and renamed USAT Edmund B. Alexander. She was used as troop ship until 1949. Sold for scrap in 1957.

USS AMERICA (CV-66)

Class: Kitty Hawk Class

Type: Aircraft Carrier

Laid down: January 9, 1961

Launched/Christened: February 1, 1964

Commissioned: January 23, 1965

Decommissioned: August 9, 1996

Nickname: The Big "A"

Motto: Don't Tread on Me

Fate: Scuttled after live-fire testing, May 14, 2005

Originally planned to be the second Enterprise Class Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier, problems with the nuclear reactor caused her to be reordered as a Kitty Hawk Class. She made three tours during the Vietnam War, and was part of Desert Shield and Desert Storm. She was scuttle in 2005 after 4 weeks of live fire exercises.

USS AMERICA (LHA-6)

Class: America class

Type: Amphibious Assault Ship

Laid down: July 17, 2009

Launched: June 4, 2012

Christened: October 20, 2012

Commissioned: October 11, 2014

Motto: Bello vel pace paratus (Ready for War or Peace)

The Veterans of USS AMERICA (CV-66) lobbied for CVN-78 to be named America, but the Navy gave the named to the next class of amphibious assault ship instead.

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U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 106683, NH 106552-KN

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USS IOWA (BB-61) and USS AMERICA (CV-66) docked at Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia.

Photographed on August 22, 1985.

NARA: 6417688, 6417687, 6416619

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USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64) underway.

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USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63) and USS MISSOURI (BB-63) being refueled by USNS KAWISHIWI (T-AO-146) with USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) and USS RAMSEY (FFG-2).

Photographed by PH3 Hensley on July 25, 1986.

NARA: 6418504

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