USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)

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USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was a U.S. Navy Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier that served as a key conventionally powered aircraft carrier from the early 1960s until its decommissioning in 2009.

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AI-generated illustration of USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) (USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was a U.S. Navy Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier that served as a key conventionally powered aircraft carrier from the early 1960s until its decommissioning in 2009.)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
United States Navy ship ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ
supercarrier ⓘ
aircraftCarried fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ
helicopters ⓘ
armament CIWS Phalanx ⓘ
naval guns (early career) ⓘ
surface-to-air missiles (various over career) ⓘ
awards Meritorious Unit Commendation ⓘ
Navy Unit Commendation ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation ⓘ
multiple battle stars for Vietnam War ⓘ
beam about 130 ft (waterline) ⓘ
builder New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ
commissioned 1961-04-29 ⓘ
conflictParticipated Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
Operation Desert Storm ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement over 4500 personnel (ship and air wing) ⓘ
decommissioned 2009-05-12 ⓘ
displacement about 61000 tons standard ⓘ
over 80000 tons full load ⓘ
flightDeckWidth about 252 ft ⓘ
homeport San Diego, California ⓘ
Yokosuka, Japan ⓘ
hullNumber CV-63 ⓘ
laidDown 1956-12-27 ⓘ
launched 1960-05-21 ⓘ
length about 1047 ft ⓘ
namesake Battle of Kitty Hawk ⓘ
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina ⓘ
nickName Battle Cat ⓘ
notableEvent last conventionally powered aircraft carrier in U.S. Navy service ⓘ
served as forward-deployed carrier in Japan ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
placeBuilt Camden, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Camden
precededBy USS Independence (CV-62) ⓘ
propulsion conventionally powered ⓘ
propulsionSystem conventional boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
role attack aircraft carrier ⓘ
multi-mission aircraft carrier ⓘ
shipClass Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
status decommissioned ⓘ
succeededBy USS George Washington (CVN-73) ⓘ
type conventional-powered fleet carrier ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York Shipbuilding Corporation → notableShipBuilt → USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) ⓘ
USS Forrestal (CV-59) → followedBy → Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
linked to: USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) → hullNumber → CV-63 ⓘ
linked to: USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier → includesShip → USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) ⓘ
Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier → hasNotableShip → USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) ⓘ
Battle Cat → refersTo → USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) ⓘ
Battle Cat → nicknameFor → Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) ⓘ
linked to: USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
Battle Cat → refersTo → conventional-powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) ⓘ
linked to: USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
USS George Washington (CVN-73) → replaced → USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) as forward-deployed carrier in Japan ⓘ
linked to: USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
USS Constellation (CV-64) → precededInClassBy → USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) ⓘ