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Caption:
SAN DIEGO (Aug. 7, 2008) -- The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
prepares to moor at Naval Air Station North Island upon her return to
San Diego Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008. Kitty Hawk will be decommissioned
next year in Bremerton, Wash. The 46- year-old carrier is the oldest
active-duty warship in the Navy and will be replaced this summer by the
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as the
Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy
photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau
(RELEASED)
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