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NavSource Online: Aircraft Carrier Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-63)
(later CV-63)

Memorabilia

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
Christening
NS-cv63-cp01	101k	Christening of the USS *Kitty Hawk*, May 21, 1960. New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey.	Ron Reeves
NS-cv63-cp02	74k	Christening of the USS *Kitty Hawk*, May 21, 1960. Program.	Ron Reeves
NS-cv63-cp03	86k	Christening of the USS *Kitty Hawk*, May 21, 1960. The sponsor, Mrs. Neil H. McElroy, wife of the former U.S. Secretary of Defense.	Ron Reeves
Builders Trials
NS-cv63-bt01	59k	Builders Trials, 21–24 February 1961.	Ron Reeves
Commissioning
NS-cv63-cm01	50k	Commissioning invitation. Saturday, 29 April 1961, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.	Ron Reeves
NS-cv63-cm02	83k	Commissioning program. Saturday, 29 April 1961, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.	Ron Reeves
NS-cv63-cm03	105k	Commissioning Ceremony.	Ron Reeves
Miscellany
NS-cv63-mi01r	192k	Letter from CAPT W.F. Bringle to the ship's crew, 16 September 1961.	Ron Reeves
NS-cv63-mi02r	133k	Christmas Menu, 1961.	Ron Reeves
*"Welcome Aboard"*
NS-cv63-wa00	116k	Welcome aboard plaque, from the ship's quaterdeck.	Ron Reeves
NS-cv63-wa01	95k	-	Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.)
Models
NS-cv63-mo01	72k	-	Courtesy of Joel Rosen, Motion Models

*"Kitty Hawk News"*
Vol. I, No. 5, October 31, 1961 — Contributed by Curtis Hannah
NS-cv63-khn6110-01 Page 1 271k	NS-cv63-khn6110-02 Page 2 453k	NS-cv63-khn6110-03 Page 3 456k	NS-cv63-khn6110-04 Page 4 391k
NS-cv63-khn6110-05 Page 5 318k	NS-cv63-khn6110-06 Page 6 514k	NS-cv63-khn6110-07 Page 7 444k	NS-cv63-khn6110-08 Page 8 374k

Patches
NS-cv63-pa01 54k USS *Kitty Hawk* Contributed by Mike Smolinski	NS-cv63-pa02 18k USS *Kitty Hawk*, CVA-63 Contributed by Mike Smolinski	NS-cv63-pa03 46k USS *Kitty Hawk*, CV-63, 40th Anniversary Contributed by Mike Smolinski	NS-cv63-pa04 45k USS *Kitty Hawk*, CV-63, "First in flight" Contributed by Mike Smolinski
NS-cv63-pa05 11k USS *Kitty Hawk*, CV-63 Contributed by Joe Radigan	NS-cv63-pa06 32k Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 + USS *Kitty Hawk* (CV-63) 1998–2008 Contributed by Ron Reeves	NS-cv63-pa07 55k Commander Task Force 70/75, Surface Force, Battle Force, CarGru Five Contributed by Ron Reeves	NS-cv63-pa08 52k Battle Force Seventh Fleet, CTF 70 First to Fight Contributed by Ron Reeves
NS-cv63-pa09 17k CPO Mess, Mt. Fuji Contributed by Ron Reeves	NS-cv63-pa10 47k Carrier Strike Group Five Contributed by Ron Reeves
For more information about this ship, see: USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63): 1961-1984 USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63): 1985 and Beyond Norfolk, Va., 1991 USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63): Interior Views, 2008 USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63): Legacy Ceremony, 31 January 2009 Commanding Officers of USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)