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Years Served: 77-83 85-90…YES ZIP IS BACK I WAS ON THE HER FROM 77-83 IN 1MMR AND DID NOT GIT MY FILL SO DID IT AGEN 85-90 THIS TIME IN 3MMR AND THE BOILER REPAIR SHOP MAN THEM WERE SOME GOOD OLD TIMES BUT WOULD NEVER WANT TO DO AGEN. THE BEST OF TIMES? THE WORST OF TIMES!!BUT WHEN THAT RETIRMENT CHECK IS IN THE BANK ON THE 1 OF EVERY MONTH IM SAYING HAHAHA MAYBE IT WAS WORTH IT AFTER ALL DROP ME A (EMAIL) I WILL RETURN IT LATER ZIP

Years Served: 1968-1971…Assigned to R Division, Damage Control.

Years Served: 1972-1974…Many memories some good and some horrifying The Hawk was my ship!

Years Served: Plank Owner to mar 63…Went to pre-commisioning. Then shake down cruise, then around the horn to home port in San Diego. Several west-pac cruises and some shipyard time in Hunters Point between cruises. Observed an a-bomb explosion somewhere along the way. Out of Navy early 1963.

Years Served: 1968-1969…Served Engineering Department

Years Served: 1963-1966…I was a SFM3 assigned to the Shipfitter shop. Would like to hear from old shipmates. Bikerdaveflh@yahoo.com

Years Served: 4/67 to 12/68…CO MARDET dress blues and tennis shoes with a light coat of oil

Years Served: April 1961 – June 1964…:D I remember being on the Kitty Hawk in the Gulf of Tonkin in 64, not getting mail and no communications with the outside world, and then a mail plane arrived and then fell off the flight deck before the plane could be tied down by the air crew. Those days got a lot longer after losing the mail. I was in M-Div, MM2/C assigned to engine room #2.

Years Served: 1974 – 1976…Marine Detachment 1974 – 1976. The USS Kitty Hawk were the best days one can imagine, and I wish I could turn the clocks back and do it all over again.

Years Served: 1960-1964…I was in A-1 div. I spent most of my time between the deck edge elevator machinery rooms and the after-steering machinery rooms. We had a lot of good times and bad times but i remember most the time we had a visit from the Big Bear bomber from Russia while on cruise between Japan and the coast of Russia. It would be nice to hear from any of the old gang who were there at the time.

Years Served: 1962-1963…Served on the USS Kitty Hawk, CVA 63 from 3/62 -1/63

Served on kitty Hawk 1977 to 1981. I was assigned to P3 engineering department. Completed 2 West-Pacs and after all these years, I still have dreams of being back on her.

Served 1982-1986 looking for info about fire in foward storeroom 80’s

On board 69- 71 in dry dock Bremerton for 6 months, Tonkin Gulf Westpac 70 -71 . V3 division. Still in touch with several friends.

Plankowner. 1961-1962 Best time of my life.

To Colby Wilkins. I played Softball with You We both had a great friend Chief Bish.

PLANK OWNER
LOVED THE HAWK. I STILL REMEMBER THE CROSSING OF THE ECUADOR WHERE I TURNED FROM
A POLLYWACK TO A SHELLBACK

Served on the HAWK from Nov 74 to March 78. PN3 ship’s personnel office.

Served aboard the Kitty from 1974-1978 in S-3 div.
Made 2 west pac’s , Was the Cather on the Hawks
Fast pitch softball team , Also shot on the Kitty Hawk
Rifle team . Had lots of great times and seen soom awesome places all over the world . Would love to talk
To some of my old shipmates and team mates .

served 1967 in rvah 13