CVA-63 USS Kitty Hawk was named after Kitty Hawk, NC. Displacement 80,000 tons. Length: 1,047 ft Flight Deck Width: 252 ft Commissioned on April 29,1961 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Kitty Hawk would get under way in Oct 1962 after a shake down crusie. USS Kitty Hawk relieved carrier Midway (CVA-41) in the Seventh Fleet’s area of responsibility. During this WestPac deployment the ship made her first visit to Fleet Activities (FA), Yokosuka, Japan. Dec 1962: LT(JG) Ray Barnes, VA-113, became th