USS KITTY HAWK CV 63 |
Keel Laid: December 27, 1956
Christened: May 21, 1960
Commissioned: April 29, 1961
Decommissioned: May 12, 2009
Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.
Propulsion system: eight Steam Boilers
Length, overall: 1046,5 feet (319 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters)
Area of flight deck: about 4,5 acres
Beam: 129,6 feet (39.5 meters)
Draft: 35,8 feet (10.9 meters)
Displacement: approx. 82,200 tons full load
Speed: 30+ knots
Planes: approx. 66
Crew: Ship: 2,900 Air Wing: 2,480
Armament:
- two Mk 29 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers
- two 20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 15
- two Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Systems |