Template:Class box Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier
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[edit] Kitty Hawk (CV 63) class aircraft carrier
- Builders:
United States (New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey; New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York; Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia) - Displacement: 80,000 tons
- Aircraft: 80+ fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters
- Armament: Sea Sparrow SAM; Phalanx CIWS
- Powerplant: 8 boilers, 4 steam turbine engines (280,000 shp)
- Speed: 30 knots
- Ships in class: 4
- Operator: United States Navy
- Commissioned: 21 April 1961
- Fate: 1 in service, scheduled for decommissioning in 2009
