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Thursday, August 28, 2008

USS Kitty Hawk coming to Bremerton to be decommissioned

The 47-year-old aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, the Navy's oldest and longest serving active warship, is heading to the Seattle region to end its operational life.

"The Hawk," which served from the Vietnam War to the war in Afghanistan -- and for one day in 1963 was a floating White House for President John F. Kennedy -- will depart San Diego Thursday morning for Bremerton.

The ship is slated to arrive at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard next Tuesday to prepare for decommissioning early next year, Navy officials said Wednesday.

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