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
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