Caption:
Yokosuka, Japan (May 17, 2005) -- 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)
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