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Yokosuka, Japan (May 17, 2005) Ð The conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) sails past a small group of Japanese fishing vessels and heads toward Sagami Bay to conduct precision anchor checks during her post upkeep underway period in the western Pacific Ocean. Kitty Hawk is the U.S. Navy's oldest active aircraft carrier. Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class William H. Ramsey (RELEASED)
Sebuah insiden berbahaya terjaedi pada Maret 1984 ketika kapal induk nuklir Amerika Serikat bertabrakan dengan kapal selam nuklir Uni Soviet. Peristiwa yang terjadi di puncak Perang Dingin itu bisa saja memicu Perang Dunia III.
Pada Maret 1984, kapal induk USS Kitty Hawk adalah bagian dari Team Spirit 1984, latihan angkatan laut besar-besaran di Laut Jepang, bersama dengan angkatan laut Korea Selatan.
