CV-63 Kitty Hawk

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Kitty Hawk, [CV].

Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Launch date: 21 May 1960.

Commission date: 29 April 1961.

Decommission date: 12 May 2009.

Displacement ( tons ): 60.100 standard, 81.123 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 318,8 x 39,6 x 11,3

Main machinery: 8 x Foster-Wheeler boilers; 4 x Westinghouse turbines ( 280.000 hp ), 4 x shafts.

Speed ( knots ): 32.

Range ( miles ): 4.000 at 30 knots, 12.000 at 20 knots.

Complement: 2930 ( 115 officers ), 2480 aircrew ( 320 officers ), 70 Flag ( 25 officers ).

Guns: 2 x GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 20mm, 2 x 40mm saluting guns.

Missiles:  SAM: 2 x Raytheon GMLS Mk29 octuple launchers for Sea Sparrow, 2 x RIM-116 RAM.

Radar: Air: ITT SPS-48E, 3D, E/F bands, range 402km; Raytheon SPS-49(V)5, C/D bands, range 457km; Surface: Norden SPS-67, G band; Navigation: SPS-64(V)9, Furuno 900, I band; Fire Control: 6 x Mk95 ( for SAM ), I/J bands.

Sonar: Fitted for SQS23.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk36; chaff and flare dispensers; SSTDS ( Surface Ship Torpedo Defence System ). AN/SLQ-36 Nixie, towed torpedo decoy. ESM/ECM: SLQ29, combined radar warning, jamming and deception system.

Helicopter: 5 x SH-60F (ASW)/HH-60H Seahawk (strike/special forces/SAR).

Aviation: Up to 85 airplanes, that could be distributed as follows: 40 x F/A-18C, 4 x EA-6B, 4 x E-2C, 1 x C-2A.

Callsign: NZFF ()

Comment: flight deck dimensions, in meters: 318,8 x 76,8.

Awards (as of 12/05/2009): 

Similar units:

 CV66 America