On 7/14/2015 8:00 AM, James Holsenback wrote:
> how far is that from bremerton shipyard ... my old ship the Kitty Hawk
> (cv-63) is there. she was decommissioned in 2009 right now still in
> ready reserve but there is a effort underway to save her from scrap heap
> and becoming a museum in long beach close to the queen mary. the Ranger
> (CV-61) lost that battle and just arrived (got towed) to brownsville
> texas and will be dismantled as scrap. would be a shame if the hawk
> ended up that way ... she was the first ship of the kitty hawk class and
> the last one of that class in service. at one point she was the flag
> ship if the navy and flew the red and white stripped "don't tread on me"
> ensign


I hope that the USS Kitty Hawk is not scrapped. I have heard that name 
countless times, over the years.
It is sad when part of your life gets consigned to the scrap heap. The 
Oil Platform I worked on, for 12 years, was decommissioned last year. :-(


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Regards
     Stephen

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