KITTY HAWK CV 63

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Kitty Hawk Class Aircraft Carrier Keel Laid December 27 1956 - Launched May 21 1960 USS KITTY HAWK CVA-63 Commissioned Attack Aircraft Carrier (CVA) April 29 1961 USS KITTY HAWK CV-63 Reclassified Aircraft Carrier (CV) April 29 1973 Decommissioned May 12 2009

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1961-2008)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC 2t(nu)

1961-04-29

As CVA-63
First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) 1969

1972-07-04

As CVA-63

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (A,USS)

1990-01-22

As CV-63

 

Locy Type 7qt(nu) (CVA,USS)

1967-02-11

As CVA-63

 

Locy Type 7qt(n+u) (CV,USS)

1974-02-04

As CV-63

 

Locy Type 7-2t(n+) (USS,FPO,AP 96623)

1995-01-07

As CV-63

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-20b

1991-04-29

30th Anniversary

 

Locy Type 10ef (USS)

1965-02-24

Notes:

 

Locy Type 11

2006-04-19

45th Anniversary, cachet by Bill Payden

 

Locy Type 11a

2006-04-19

45th Anniversary, cachet by Bill Payden

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-20c

1991-04-29

30th Anniversary

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-20d

1994-12-19

Notes:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-20f

1996-04-29

35th Anniversary

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-20f

1996-04-29

35th Anniversary, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type F

1997-09-18

Crewmember Reunion, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type F FPO AP 96634-2770

2003-12-17

100th Anniversary of Powered Flight, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type F FPO AP 96634-2770

2003-12-17

100th Anniversary of Powered Flight, cachet by William J. Everett

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-05-06

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet, Serviced by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration CD-10

2008-07-31

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet, Serviced by Tom Armstrong

 

Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration CD-10

2009-01-31

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type F FPO AP 96634-2770

2008-08-28

Leaving San Diego CA, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type F FPO AP 96634-2770

2008-09-02

Arriving in Bremerton WA, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type F FPO AP 96634-2770

2009-01-31

Last Day in Commission, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type F FPO AP 96634-2770

2009-01-31

No Image

Last Day in Commission, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type F FPO AP 96634-2770

2009-01-31

No Image

Last Day in Commission, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type F FPO AP 96634-2770

2009-01-31

No Image

Last Day in Commission, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type F FPO AP 96634-2770

2008-08-28 to 2008-09-02

No Image

From North Island CA to Bremerton WA, cachet by Tom Armstrong
This item was carried on board by Tom Armstrong and he had it postmarked everyday that the ship was underway with the various postmarks onboard.

 

Locy Type P [2(n+) "A" removed]

1973-06-25

Ship's cachet

 

Locy Type P [2(n+) "A" removed]

1983-04-18

75th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet's visit to San Diego CA. Cachet by USS San Diego Chapter No. 27, USCS

 

Locy Type Meter OFR2 (#520261) ZIP 96634

2004-04-28

Official Business

 

Locy Type LDPS 11a

2009-01-16

Last Day of Postal Service, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type LDC 11a

2009-01-31

Decommissioning & Legacy Ceremony, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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Locy Type LDC F

2009-01-31 to 2009-01-31

Notes:

 

USPS Pictorial "Reunion Station" Pensacola, FL

2001-09-12

Crewmember Reunion & 40th Anniversary, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Kitty Hawk, N.C., and for Kill Devil Hill, the site approximately four miles south of the village of Kitty Hawk, where Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful sustained powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine on 17 December 1903.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne this name - USS Kitty Hawk AKV-1 and USS Kitty Hawk CV-63.

 

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