USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)

USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

Deployed on April 29, 1961. The first of the Kitty Hawk class (the only other being the USS Constellation (CV 64)). Unusually the home port of the Kitty Hawk is Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan making it the world's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier.

Builders: New York Ship Building Corp., Camden, N.J.

Power Plant: Eight boilers, four geared steam turbines, four shafts, 280,000 shp

Length, overall: 323.8 meters

Flight Deck Width: 76.8 meters

Beam: 39 meters

Displacement: 82,096.69 metric tons (full load)

Speed: 30+ knots

Aircraft: 85

Crew: Ship's Company: 3,150 - Air Wing: 2,480