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Navy tugs support the ex-USS Kitty Hawk’s towing in her final departure from Bremerton January 15, 2022, to a shipbreaking facility in Brownsville, Texas. Kitty Hawk, the Navy’s last commissioned conventional-powered aircraft carrier, operated for 48 years before decommissioning in 2009. (U.S. Navy video by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Paul Seeber)
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March 4, 2021 – Ex-Kitty Hawk (CV 63) will be drydocked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility March 5th. The dry-docking will allow the Navy to remove marine growth from the hull of ex-Kitty Hawk in order to prevent the potential spread of invasive species before towing it to a dismantling facility to be determined at a…
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