Caption:
Yokosuka, Japan (May 20, 2003) -- The USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) hull
inspection team, assembled by the ship's chief engineer, walks toward
the screws of the Kitty Hawk. The team inspects the hull to
assess how much maintenance may be required. Kitty Hawk is
conducting scheduled maintenance at her forward-deployed operating
location in Yokosuka, Japan. The carrier recently returned from
operations with coalition forces in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom,
the Persian Gulf during Operation Iraqi Freedom, the multi-national
coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons
of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S.
Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Bo Flannigan. (RELEASED)
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