The diesel-powered ship was deployed to Yokosuka in 1998...
Mmmmm...please don't believe everything you read...before nuc power, we actually used steam made from water heated by copious amounts of F-76...like they did on the ..... kitty....
Yeah, you know these AP guys... 
- SJS
Yeah, the Hawk used boilers and steam turbines but it would have been really cool if these had been available in 1961.
I remember her from when she was based in SD. I didn't know she was being decommissioned... 
Would it not be possible to overhaul the engines' systems to become nuclear -powered, or would that not be...feasible...or economically feasible?
It just seems like such a sad end for such a proud lady, and leaves a large gap in our naval defence.
Veritas et Fidelis Semper
Deborah - that would be like spending money to put a brand new V-8 engine in a clapped-out Pinto that has seen it's last days.
Requirements for a nuke plant are different than for a conventional and require a redesign of the engineering spaces as a result.
No, Kitty Hawk is seeing her last days before being hauled off to Bremerton in a year or so to rust away before being sent to Davey Jones' as either a reef or as part of a sinkex...
- SJS
FYI, the Kennedy decom is at the mid-point. I'm a supervisor working on it, and sometime in late July, she'll be leaving Mayport for the last time...and under tow.
As an Ensign I learned how to maintain station plane-guarding KITTY HAWK. 12 years later I made a WESTPAC/IO deployment with her as XO of a frigate.
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