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Academy #14210 U.S.S Kittyhawk (CV-63) The Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers followed the Forrestal-class and would become the last conventionally-powered aircraft carrier class in US Navy service. Commissioned in 1961, the USS Kitty Hawk and USS Constellation were the first two in service before a pause in construction followed to build the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The last two Kitty Hawk-class members followed - USS America commissioned in 1965 and USS John F. Kennedy in 1967.
Kitty Hawk has a long and distinguished career which ranged from combat operations off of Vietnam, to stunt-double for USS Nimitz in the movie 'Final Countdown', to submarine hunter with the collision with Victor-class K-314, to the last conventionally powered aircraft carrier to be home-ported in Japan. Throughout its service, the Kitty Hawk was kept up-to-date with the latest systems. Before she was retired, the USS Kitty Hawk was the second longest serving warship in US Navy history (USS Constitution 'Old Ironsides' remains the oldest).
