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USS KITTY HAWK
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USS KITTY HAWK (CVA 63)The
second Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) was laid down by the
New York Ship Building Corp., Camden, N.J., 27 December
1956; and launched 21 May 1960, sponsored by Mrs. Neil
H. McElroy; and commissioned 29 April 1961 at
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard , Capt. William F. Bringle
in command.
Following shakedown in the western Atlantic,
Kitty Hawk departed Norfolk 11 August 1961. After a
brief stop at Rio de Janeiro, where she embarked the
Secretary of the Brazilian Navy for a demonstration of
exercise at sea with five Brazilian destroyers, the
attack carrier rounded Cape Horn 1 October. She steamed
into Valparaiso Bay 13 October and then sailed, two days
later, for Peru, arriving Callao 20 October 1961 where
she entertained the President of Peru.
Back in San Diego, Adm. George W. Anderson, Chief of
Naval Operations, landed on her deck 18 November 1961 to
witness antisubmarine...
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USS CONSTELLATION
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USS CONSTELLATION (CVA 64)
The second Constellation (CVA 64) was built by
New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y.; christened 8
October 1960 by Mrs. C. A. Herter, wife of the Secretary
of State; and commissioned 27 October 1961, Capt. T. J.
Walker, in command. She was named for one of the six
frigates bought by the Continental Congress in the late
1790s. The first of those frigates, ships which were to
make American naval history, was named for the ring of
13 stars that formed a "new Constellation" on the flag
of the new United States.
It was in the last stages of her building at the New
York Naval Shipyard, on 19 December 1960, a fire broke
out on Constellation's hanagar deck. Fifty
civilian workers died in the blaze.
Constellation deployed to the western Pacific
from her homeport of San Diego on...
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