USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) Final Flight 

Where did you have your dad's jacket taken care of Mic Par? I have my dad's from Korea where he flew Skyraiders from the Boxer. It needs help. It is a leather G-1.

A well spoken tribute

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Well he is getting commissioned on this ship in the other world.

OMG that is so sad! I’m really sorry for you and your family. What a horrible nightmare you and your family went through and all the worry and distress knowing he was out there waiting. Pure trauma for his wife and kids. I cant even begin to think of everything your cousin went through. All over a bearing, my God. Why did he have to be the flight that caused the grounding when the second flight should have grounded the A7s. Why did it take your cousin losing his life? Im looking at footage of Kitty Hawk and imagining his last flight taking off but not coming back. I imagine it is hard to watch his old ship be dismantled knowing he walked all over that flight deck and halls. God Bless you.

Ditto..miss her more after watching this video.She desrves better than this IMO. 87-90

You are a little older than me,but, BT, 3MMR. Thank you for your service. 3screw crew.

I was CR/ Comms in the very early 90s starboard bow catwalk just in front of AM wisker 2 was my stare at the sea and contemplate position on the Hawk. She was a great ship and it's a damn shame what's happening to her really wish she was becoming a museum instead. But your right there is nothing like seeing a Tomcat on deck whether it is parked wings folded back with a setting south China sea sun directly behind it or crouched on cat one shredding the air at full A/B shaking just waiting to be released and leap into the air. Or a pair of them roaring by the ship wings back just as gracefully as you please making speed and power look easy. Port calls in Subic Bay, Hong Kong, Yokosuka, Sasebo, Pusan, and many others even sitting for over a decade she still looks better than most of the Nimitz's My oldest is on the Nimitz I went to visit him about 8 Months ago what a shit show I was allowed aboard the Hawk her P ways are still polished the murals still clear the interior paint was still good all she need was an exterior paint job and her equipment and she would have been 5x5 the Nimitz on the other hand looked like a floating scrap yard rust inside and out and not just a little we are talking soft deck plates that were cordoned off none of here reefers working they had to take the hawks ovens cause they didn't work either not a one of them. All 4 cats trashed even the arresting engines looked like crap what an embarrassment the Kitty Hawks Crew knew it was most likely the end for her and the left her in good order clean heads fresh wax and paint Nimitz is a working fleet carrier and is a junk pile in a way that would never have been excepable in the Navy prior to 2015 going all the way backto pre WWI

My brother in law was stationed on her during the early 70s

Ahh yes the Tomcats...was hoping for a clip of them taking off from the Kittyhawk. An amazing aircraft.

I was a plane captain on her sister ship (CV64) in the 1980s, and I loved going forward on the flight deck. I worked the night shift, and I would sometimes go up early in the morning hours and lean into the wind. No one around. It was a powerful feeling, that also made me feel very very small. Good, but small.

@@foobarmaximus3506 they are supposed to have a special event for veterans that served in her in Brownsville if they haven’t already done so … if not maybe you could give her one last farewell.

@@marileamccowan7356 Along with the 5300 other sailors. You could pass someone one day and never see them again for your entire time onboard.

Thanks man! I’m sure glad it turned out like it did cause I’d never landed the drone on a moving object before.. lol. Thankfully it worked out!

I'm glad your Dad wasn't hurt in the fire on the Connie.

SLEP in Philly also,,times R what we make of them, I got some great memories of SLEP, shipmates,and roving watches on her - RIP our Kitty HAWK CV63.

I was on 91-93 as well, DC Division 👍🏻

92-95, CR/ Comms 03 level right between Cats 1 and 2, Somalia, Rusian trawlers, North Korean mini subs packed with commandos her sister the Connie sabotaged by her own Crew busy 3 years.

Also did the pac. Rimpac an the ports Hawwaii . hong kong.singapore .samolia Dubai good gold V4 92.94

Excellent tribute to the Ship I loved the most and had the finest 3 years 1991-1994 in OX division and amazing port visits and great crew. Those years I was in awe every time I stepped on board and was never more proud to be in the Navy while I served on her. She took me to Hawaii where I eventually fell in love with an Australian gal. Great memories when video recording and CD, s were new. We had a fax in port and no internet and took pride in our safety. Played basketball for the Kitty and you could find the court on the hanger deck at almost at any time. Great diversity in the crew with an abundance new and old traditions coming and going. Thanks for the post from here in Australia. US Navy(Retired)

The young men who died in the engine room were from P1Div #1MMR..........I was also in P1Div and knew several of them. "Rat".....#4MMR

I came aboard right after the fire straight from ABF A school Lakehurst New Jersey Got onboard at Subic Bay Philippines was supposed to be Manila but long story 😂 anyway I remember the many times we were in subic bay to have continued repairs to the damaged main space from that fire I recall seeing the Philippine yard workers working on taking debris out of the engine room where the fire was at, it I understand was a jp5 fuel pipe flange connection that broke sending fuel out that caused the fire I was a grape so it was my division that handled the jp5 and AV Gas aboard the Kitty Hawk I have actually been in that space where the fire was at after the restoration/repair had all been completed I was in the control room down there I remember the plexiglass windows and a ladder and hatch that went straight up from that control room it was up it that survivors escaped that day

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Thanks!

Gracias a dios tube el honor de servir en ese baeco .nunca pense de chico k iria a servir en un potavion asi .nacido en monterreyvn.l mexico y aser tantos viajea asta el golfo persico

Que excelente. Gran experiencia.

Thanks man. It was my honor to make it! 👍🏻

Jackie, was your husband's name Charlie?

Lol, yeah as soon as I knew I was going down there for this event that was on my mind. Knew I had to pull that off and that was my one chance. 👍🏻

You'd love to get a tour of the engine rooms. That's where the shit really starts out. Makin steam. 1200psi super heated steam. 1100 degrees. 800psi is what gets those birds airborne. I ran the #4 screw. That was such a great job. Lots of responsibility and prestige. We will never see anything like it again. Kitty Hawk was it. Last one of her kind.

Such a famn shame. So much money was organized for this to become a museum ship. They should have sold/donated the USS Kitty Hawk *or* the USS John F. Kennedy to a worthy organization. MILLIONS was raised. I just don't understand. Both of them are going to be future Gillette razor blades. Personally, I feel the Kitty Hawk has such a rich history.. more so than the Kennedy. Would have made a PERFECT museum ship. I guess we should just be thankful we have the USS Midway in California.

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