Kitty Hawk-class Aircraft Carrier

The Kitty Hawk-class supercarriers of the United States Navy were an incremental improvement on the Forrestal-class vessels. Four were built, all in the 1960s, USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), USS Constellation (CV-64), USS America (CV-66), and USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67). The Kitty Hawk is expected to be decommissioned in October 2013 and its crew transferred to the USS Arizona (CVN-78).

Specifications

 * Type: Supercarrier (Hull designation symbol CV)
 * Service Period: 1961-2014
 * Characteristics:
 * Length (Overall): 1069 feet (325.83 meters)
 * Length (Waterline): 990 feet (301.75 meters)
 * Beam (Extreme): 282 feet (85.95 meters)
 * Beam (Waterline): 130 feet (39.63 meters)
 * Draft: 38 feet (11.58 meters)
 * Displacement: 60,933 tons (Standard); 81,780 tons (Full Load)
 * Crew: 5,624
 * Propulsion: Westinghouse geared steam turbines, eight Foster Wheeler steam boilers, four shafts; 280,000 shp (210 MW)
 * Range: 12,000 nautical miles (22,224 kilometers)
 * Speed: 33 knots (61.12 km/hr)
 * Sensor Suite
 * AN/SPQ-9B Target Acquisition Radar
 * AN/SPN-41 Landing Aid Radar
 * AN/SPN-43C Air Traffic Control Radar
 * AN/SPN-46 Air Traffic Control Radar
 * AN/SPS-48E 3D Air Search Radar
 * AN/SPS-49(V)5 2D Air Search Radar
 * AN/SPG-55 Fire Control Radar
 * Mk.91 NSSM Guidance Systems x 4
 * Mk.95 Radars x 4
 * Countermeasures
 * AN/SLQ-25C Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures System
 * AN/SLQ-32(V)4 Electronic Warfare Suite
 * AN/SLQ-49 Chaff Buoy Decoy System
 * Mk.36 Mod 12 SBROC
 * Armament
 * 4 x 20mm Vulcan Phalanx CIWS
 * 3 x Mk.29 NSSM Launchers
 * Aircraft Carried: 70-90 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters
 * Aircraft Supported (2012): C-2B Greyhound, E-2C Hawkeye, S-3B Viking, A-6F Strike Intruder, F-14E Supercat, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, F-35C Lightning II, HH-60H Rescue Hawk, MH-60R Oceanhawk, MH-60S Knighthawk

Unit Run

 * USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) - (1961–2013)
 * USS Constellation (CV-64) - (1961–2007)
 * USS America (CV-66) - (1965–2003)
 * USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) - (1967–2009)