The 81,000-ton supercarrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) on sea trials in February 1961.
The Battle Cat was launched on May 21, 1960, at the New York Shipyard in Camden, NJ, and commissioned on April 29, 1961 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
The ship gave 48 years of service before being decommissioned on May 12, 2009. She is currently being dismantled at Brownsville, Texas.
USS Bennington (CV-20) showing what the sea can do to carriers with open bows. This photo was taken in June 1945 at Leyte Gulf, The Philippines. Hurricane Connie was responsible for the damage to Bennington as well as her sister ship USS Hornet (CV-12) on June 5 off Okinawa.
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USS KEARSARGE (AB-1, ex-BB-5) passing through the Gaillard Cut.
Photographed sometime between the 1920s and the 1930s.
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USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) in Hong Kong in April 2008. This was her final cruise and she was decommissioned on May 12, 2009. The aircraft from CVW-5 were onboard as they had been since 1998 when "The Battle Cat" was stationed in Yokosuka, Japan.
USS Alabama (BB-60) underway off Casco Bay, Maine, during her shakedown period, December 1942.
USS Georgia (SSGN 729) Leaves Dry Dock After Extended Refit Period. Georgia is one of two guided-missile submarines stationed at the base and is capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles. Date 03.21.2019
The last British battleship ever built, HMS Vanguard entering Rotterdam on a port visit on June 28, 1952.
The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), with her aircraft and crew lined neatly up on the flight deck, sails into Hobart, Tasmania. The carrier was visiting during operations in the Western Pacific in 1976.
An explosive charge is detonated off the starboard side of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS Arkansas (CGN-41) during a shock test on March 17, 1982.
USS Midway (CVA-41) in her SCB-110 configuration circa 1962. Carrier Air Wing 2 on board. Looks like the ship is entering Pearl Harbor.
Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Chicago (SSN-721) makes its homecoming arrival at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, after completing a change of homeport from Guam September 28, 2017. The submarine's ability to support a multitude of missions, including anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, strike warfare, surveillance and reconnaissance, has made Chicago one of the most capable submarines in the world.
Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Springfield (SSN 761), pose for a photo Feb. 23. Springfield is one of several submarines assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron (CSS) 15. CSS-15 is located at Polaris Point, U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG).