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Friday, August 01, 2008

Kitty Hawk in Pearl Harbor after its last exercise

The USS Kitty Hawk pulled into Pearl Harbor on Tuesday after finishing its last exercise before a scheduled decommissioning, the U.S. Navy said.

The aircraft carrier stood in for the USS George Washington, which could not participate in July’s Rim of the Pacific, the largest naval exercise in the world, due to a recent fire.

The 47-year-old Kitty Hawk was part of Task Force 170 and served as a command platform during the RIMPAC exercise, the Navy said.

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