Aircraft Carriers - USA
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"Kitty Hawk" / "John F. Kennedy"
Class
4 units commissioned 1961 -
1968
Displacement, tons: Between
78.500 - 82.000 full load
Length: 318,8 m - 320,7 m -
Beam: 39,6 m - Draught: 10,9 - 11,3 m
Aircraft: About 85
Various guns and missiles
Propulsion: 4 geared turbines,
- 280.000 shp, - 4 propellers, - Speed: 30 + knots
Complement: About 4950
CV 64 "Constellation"
Multi-Purpose Aircraft
Carrier, Kitty Hawk Class, US Navy
Photographed in Hong Kong,
Sept. 01.1997.
(Photography by karsten Petersen ©)
CV 64 "Constellation"
Multi-Purpose Airctaft
carrier, Kitty hawk Class, US Navy
Photographed in Hong Kong,
Sept.01.1997.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
"John F. Kennedy" CV
67
- photographed in Great Bitter
Lake, - Suez Canal -, in 1982 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
Navy-1980-Frame23A-America-CV66
USS "America" CV 66
Behind is seen the island of
USS "Independence" CV 62, - a Forrestal class aircraft carrier.
I believe that this photo was
taken in Norfolk, 1980
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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