The vessels were latter employed as a training ship and barracks ship respectively ... with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Instead, the Kitty Hawk may end up like those WWII warships ...

The Kitty Hawk was the first and last active ship of her class and the last carrier in US Navy service powered by diesel fuel. With the retirement of the USS Independence on September 30 ...

Navy Times reports that Kitty Hawk was the first carrier of its class ... be awarded a Presidential Unit Citation for heroism. The ship saw action all over the Pacific, including the Iraq War ...