What You Need to Know: The USS America (CVA/CV-66), a Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, was sunk in 2005 after weeks of controlled explosions as part of a live-fire test to study how a large ...

This Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier was introduced to service in the early 1960’s, amidst the U.S. Navy’s post-World War II push to develop advanced carriers. The Kitty Hawk-class ships were an ...

Navy Times reports that Kitty Hawk was the first carrier of its class, launched in 1961 with a heap of improvements over its WWII-era predecessors. It completed six tours in Vietnam and was the ...

The USS Constellation (CV-64) was a Kitty Hawk class super-carrier and one of the fastest of the US Navy. She was nicknamed “Connie”. The United States aircraft carrier Constellation ...

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jack Lazenby, an air traffic controller, updates flight information on a board in the USS Kitty Hawk’s air traffic control center. The carrier spent its first few days ...

The Kennedy was a variant of the Kitty Hawk-class carrier and designated CVA-67 for attack aircraft carrier. After undergoing a series of modifications, the Kennedy's classification was changed to ...