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Image: USS Kitty Hawk at Yokosuka

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Description: official description: 060525-N-8591H-358 Yokosuka, Japan (May 25, 2006)- USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) backs into the recently upgraded Pier 12 on board Naval Facilities Yokosuka following the completion of a 4-day Sea Trial cruise. The pier was upgraded to accommodate the nuclear aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), scheduled to replace the Kitty Hawk in 2008. Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the world's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jarod Hodge (RELEASED)
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