060526-N-8591H-164 Pacific Ocean (May 26, 2006) – USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) departs Yokosuka, Japan, to conduct sea trials in the Western Pacific Ocean. Sea Trials are required to test the operational ability of Kitty Hawk’s equipment and crew prior to extensive underway operations. Currently underway in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy’s only permanently, forward-deployed aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Jarod R Hodge (RELEASED
Kitty Hawk class Aircraft Carrier
327 m (1,073 ft)
83,960 Tons
1 sunk as target. 2 Decommissioned, expected to be scrapped
United States Navy
