KITTY HAWK CV 63

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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 27 December 1956 - Launched 21 May 1960

  1. USS KITTY HAWK CVA-63
    2. Commissioned Attack Aircraft Carrier (CVA) 29 April 1961

  2. USS KITTY HAWK CV-63
    3. Reclassified Aircraft Carrier (CV) 29 April 1973
    Decommissioned 12 May 2009

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 / CV-63 Covers Page 1    (1956-2021)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
---
Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date		 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)

1963-11-19

As CVA-63


 

Locy Type
2(n+) (USS)
1963

1966-06-06

As CVA-63
Rubber stamp Presidential Review cachet.


 

Locy Type
2(n+) (USS)
1969

1972-07-04

As CVA-63


 

Locy Type
2t(nu)

1962-02-08

As CVA-63
Rubber stamp ships' cachet.


 

Locy Type
2t(n+u) (USS)

1967-12-25

As CVA-63


 

Locy Type
2tnu (USS)

1984-06-12

As CV-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(L)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. K-20

1981-06-24

As CV-63


 

Locy Type
9-1(n+u)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. K-20b

1991-04-29

30th Anniversary


 

Locy Type
9-1(n+u)

(2000)

2000-12-04

Ships cachet. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.


 

Locy Type
10ef (USS)

1965-02-24

Notes:


 

Locy Type
11-2an+ (USS,FPO
AP 96634-2770)

2006-04-19

45th Anniversary, cachet by Bill Payden


 

Locy Type
11-2n+ (USS,FPO
AP 96634-2770)

2006-04-19

45th Anniversary, cachet by Bill Payden


 

Locy Type
13-1(n+)u (USS)

1994-12-19

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


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. K-20c

1991-04-29

30th 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

Black Ink

2003-12-17

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


 

Locy Type F

FPO AP 96634-2770

Red Ink

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

"LAST RIDE"

FPO AP 96634-2770

2008-08-28

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


 

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

1981-06-24

As CV-63


 

Locy Type P
[2(n+) of 1969 with "A" removed]

1973-06-25

Ship's cachet


 

Locy Type P
[2(n+) of 1969 with "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 11-2n+ (USS,FPO
AP 96634-2770)

2009-01-16

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


 

Locy Type
LDC 11-2an+ (USS,FPO
AP 96634-2770)

2009-01-31

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


 

Locy Type
LDC 11-2n+ (USS,FPO
AP 96634-2770)

2009-01-31

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


 

Locy Type
LDC F

Black Ink

2009-01-31

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


 

Locy Type
LDC F

Red Ink

2009-01-31

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


USPS Pictorial Postmarks


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"Reunion Station"

Pensacola, FL

2001-09-12

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


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"Last Day In
Commission Sta."

Bremerton WA

2009-01-31

Cachet by McIntosh Cachets


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"50th Anniversary of
Commissioning Station"

Philadelphia PA

2011-04-29

Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Other Information

USS KITTY HAWK earned the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon (4 awards), the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon (7 awards), the Navy "E" Ribbon (2 awards), the Navy Expeditionary Medal (2 awards), the National Defense Service Medal (3 awards), the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (6 awards), the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 12 Campaign stars, the Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 1 Campaign star, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation Ribbon w/ Palm, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) during her Naval career.

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 the name KITTY HAWK - USS Kitty Hawk AKV-1 and USS Kitty Hawk CV-63.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Camilla F. McElroy, wife of Mr. Neil H. McElroy, former Secretary of Defense (9 October 1957 – 1 December 1959).

 

 

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