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ship images
USS Constellation (CV 64), now decommissioned – San Diego, California – September 2003
decommissioning ceremony – NAS North Island, California – August 7, 2003
decommissioning ceremony – NAS North Island, California – August 7, 2003
decommissioning ceremony – NAS North Island, California – August 7, 2003
NAS North Island, California – June 2003
final homecoming at NAS North Island, California – June 2, 2003
final homecoming at NAS North Island, California – June 2003
final homecoming at NAS North Island, California – June 2003
final homecoming at NAS North Island, California – June 2003
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii – May 2003
with CVW-2 embarked – Perth, Australia – April 2003
with CVW-2 embarked – April 2003
with CVW-2 embarked and USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) in the background – Arabian Gulf – April 2003
with CVW-2 embarked – Arabian Gulf – April 2003
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Type, Class:
Aircraft Carrier; Kitty Hawk – class
Builder:
New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York, USA
STATUS:
Awarded: July 1, 1956
Laid down: September 14, 1957
Launched: October 8, 1960
Commissioned: October 27, 1961 (as CVA 64)
Redesignated to CV 64 on June 30, 1975
Decommissioned: August 6, 2003
Fate: hold in reserve at the Inactive Sips Maintenance Facility (ISMF) Bremerton, WA
will probably be scrapped at Brownsville, Texas
Homeport:
–
Namesake:
named in honor of the “new constellation of the 15 stars” on the original flag of the USA
Ship’s Motto:
–
Technical Data:
(Measures, Propulsion,
Armament, Aviation, etc.)
see: INFO > Kitty Hawk class Aircraft Carrier
History:
! for ship & namesake history go to the bottom of this page !
Major Deployments:
(away from homeport for more than 2 months)
March 1962 – May 1962 with Carrier Air Group 13 (CVG-13) – shakedown cruise / Atlantic Ocean
July 1962 – September 1962 with Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5) – Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean
February 1963 – September 1963 with Carrier Air Group 14 (CVG-14) – Pacific Ocean
May 1964 – February 1965 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) – Vietnam War
May 1966 – December 1966 with Carrier Air Wing 15 (CVW-15) – Vietnam War
April 1967 – December 1967 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) – Vietnam War
May 1968 – January 1969 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) – Vietnam War
August 1969 – May 1970 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) – Vietnam War
October 1971 – July 1972 with Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) – Vietnam War
January 1973 – October 1973 with Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) – Vietnam War
June 1974 – December 1974 with Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) – Vietnam War / Arabian Gulf
April 1977 – November 1977 with Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) – Pacific Ocean
September 1978 – May 1979 with Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) – Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean
February 1980 – October 1980 with Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) – Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean
October 1981 – May 1982 with Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) – Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean
February 1985 – August 1985 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) – Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean
September 1986 – October 1986 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) – Northern Pacific Ocean
April 1987 – October 1987 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) – Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean / Arabian Gulf
December 1988 – June 1989 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) – Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean
September 1989 – October 1989 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) – Northern Pacific Ocean
February 1990 – April 1990 with Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) – carrier transfer to East Coast (Norfolk)
May 1993 – July 1993 with Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) – carrier transfer to West Coast (San Diego)
May 1994 – June 1994 with Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) – Pacific Ocean (exercise RIMPAC 94)
November 1994 – May 1995 with Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) – Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean / Gulf
April 1997 – October 1997 with Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) – Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean / Gulf
June 1999 – December 1999 with Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) – Pacific Ocean / Gulf
March 2001 – September 2001 with Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) – Pacific Ocean / Gulf
November 2002 – June 2003 with Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) – Pacific Ocean / Gulf
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