| 01 Aug |
frocked to chief
(earl robbins)
earl robbins was frocked 11/78 at north island and iniated at ntc chief club, proudest day of his life! |
| 25 May |
plank owner
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commissoning crew seaman BM .any sucttelbutt about receving our plank.
REN'E MEDRANO
KITHAWK63@AOL.COM
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| 22 Jan |
Starfish Prime
(Earl Martinelli)
Interesting story Mr. Wiese. I am trying to gather together other stories of the Starfish Prime test and am most interested in the emotional response to the test by actual witnesses. Anyone caring to relate their feelings? Take Care, Earl |
| 26 Oct |
1979 Irainian Crisis
(Kevin Cashen)
While we were at port in the Phillipines, we were suddenly ordered to report back to the Hawk and were on our way to the Arabian Sea. Our Wes Pack was extended and we were now part of Camel Station the beginning of our long fight against Terrorism!!! |
| 01 Oct |
Weapons Dept
(Michael Soto)
I have some pictures from back in the day. Trying to post them, any help on how THANKS |
| 15 Jul |
WestPac 1985
(Richard vargas)
My name is Dennis and my nick name is "IggI". I worked on the hangar deck, in the jet shop. My Master Chief was Chief "Low".
I can't remember anybody else's name except for the Chief, but I remember everyday I served on 'Kitty'. From 'Olong-go-po' in the Phillipines, to Sri-Lanka, I enjoyed every... More |
| 11 Jun |
July 1962 High Altitude Nuclear Test
(Robert Wiese)
In July 1962 We were embarked as NROTC Midshipman for our third class cruise.
You could tell Kitty Hawk was not well built by the contractor shipyard because of old metal used in some of the decks.
We sailed from San Diego to Hawaii while the air group was qualifying the new F-4 Phantoms for... More |
| 12 May |
USS Kitty Hawk Collision with Russian Sub
(Kurt Eskildsen)
I was working in he wheel well of and A-6E Intruder the evening of this event. There was a heavy thump and most of us thought we hit a large whale or something. Suddenly the ship made a hard starboard turn and I recall having to hang onto the hardware in the wheel well to keep from falling. The... More |
| 03 Feb |
Sub
(Charles Newton)
Thats is odd. We had a screen guard all over
the Pacific(in 62 the Mattox).Who with a group
that chased a Necular one all the way home and
made her surface. I ran into one of her crew
in 04. He said it was hairy.The had the whole
Russian Navy/Air Force around them.
Charles Newton |
| 20 Jan |
hawk hits sub
(Scott Gaehle)
it was 1984 when the hawk hit the russian sub we had just left pusan korea just getting dark and headed to pi before the io. mr corchran was the ood who was my division officer at the time. i just crawled into my rack when i was woke up and told, i didnt believe it at first. well the sub kept... More |
