Keywords: US Navy 080807-N-7029R-010 Friends and family of crewmembers aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) hold up.jpg en SAN DIEGO Aug 7 2008 Friends and family of crewmembers aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 hold up Welcome Home banners as Kitty Hawk approaches the pier at Naval Air Station North Island The 46- year-old carrier is the oldest active-duty warship in the Navy and will be replaced this summer by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington CVN 73 as the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alexia M Riveracorrea/Released 2008-08-07 080807-N-7029R-010 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 62276 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alexia M Riveracorrea PD-USGov-Military-Navy Naval ship arrivals to Naval Air Station North Island Aboard USS George Washington CVN-73 |