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, USS Constellation, USS America, and USS John F. Kennedy. The Kitty Hawk was decommissioned in 2008 and replaced by the Nimitz-class supercarrier USS Lexington.

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): Grumman F-14E Supercat, F/A-18C/D Hornet, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, E-2C Hawkeye, EA-18G Growler, C-2B Greyhound, [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|MH-60R/S Seahawk}]

Unit Run

 * USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) - (1961–2013) - Museum ship in Pensacola, Florida
 * USS Constellation (CV-64) - (1961–2007) - To be scrapped in 2018
 * USS America (CV-66) - (1965–2003) - Sunk as a target in 2005
 * USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) - (1967–2018) - Museum ship in Newport, Rhode Island