Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier

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United States Navy ship class aircraft carrier class

The Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier is a class of U.S. Navy conventionally powered supercarriers that served as a key predecessor to the nuclear-powered Nimitz-class.

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Label	Occurrences
Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier canonical	4

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Navy ship class ⓘ aircraft carrier class ⓘ
aircraftLaunchAndRecoverySystem	arrested recovery ⓘ catapult-assisted take-off ⓘ
armament	naval guns (various calibers over service life) ⓘ surface-to-air missiles (various systems over service life) ⓘ
builder	New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crewComplement	approximately 4500 personnel including air wing ⓘ
designedAs	improved Forrestal-class derivative ⓘ
designedBy	United States Navy Bureau of Ships ⓘ surface form: Bureau of Ships of the U.S. Navy
designedFor	carrier air wing operations ⓘ
displacement	approximately 61000 tons standard ⓘ approximately 80000 tons full load ⓘ
enteredServicePeriod	1960s ⓘ
flightDeckConfiguration	angled flight deck ⓘ
hasNotableShip	USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) ⓘ USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) ⓘ
hasSubclass	John F. Kennedy-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
hullType	CV ⓘ
includesShip	USS America (CV-66) ⓘ USS Constellation (CV-64) ⓘ USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) ⓘ USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) ⓘ
isPredecessorOf	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
isSupercarrierClass	true ⓘ
navalArchitectureFeature	island superstructure on starboard side ⓘ
numberOfShipsBuilt	4 ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ
poweredBy	conventional propulsion ⓘ
primaryAircraftType	carrier-based helicopters ⓘ fixed-wing carrier aircraft ⓘ
propulsion	conventional boilers ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
role	fleet carrier ⓘ power projection ⓘ sea control ⓘ
serviceBranch	Atlantic Fleet ⓘ surface form: United States Navy Atlantic Fleet U.S. Pacific Fleet ⓘ surface form: United States Navy Pacific Fleet
status	retired ⓘ
successorClass	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
usedInConflict	Cold War naval operations ⓘ Gulf War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier → precededBy → Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier ⓘ

USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) → shipClass → Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier ⓘ

Forrestal class → succeededBy → Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier ⓘ

CV-59 → followedBy → Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Forrestal