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Kitty Hawk-class Super Carrier Aircraft Carrier

#1 Ribbon-Grey

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Posted 05 April 2008 - 07:32 PM

Kitty Hawk-class Super Carrier
- Aircraft Carrier -

- Kitty Hawk CV Image A -

Origin: (Real World):
United States of America

Games Featured In:
Ace Combat 2
Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
Ace Combat Xi: Skies of Incursion
Ace Combat: Joint Assault

Operators:
Aurelian Navy
Federal Erusian Navy
General Resource Defense Force
Martinez Security
Independent State Allied Forces
Leasath Navy
Usean Allied Navy
Usean Rebel Navy

Notable Vessels:
Carrier Phoenix of the Usean Allied Navy (AC2)
Carrier Geofon of the Erusian 'Invincible' Aegir Fleet (AC04)
Carrier Fort Grace of the Independent State Allied Forces (AC04)

Armament:
* RIM-7 Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles
* Two RIM-116 RAM
* Four Phalanx CIWS Automated Anti-Missile/Aircraft Defenses

Aircraft Capacity:
Up to 90 aircraft

Overview:
The Kitty Hawk-class super carriers are a class of 3 varieties of oil burning ships, the CV-63, -64, and -66. The heavily modified CV-67 became its own class, known as the John F. Kennedy class. The successor to the Forrestal-class carriers, the Kitty Hawk and John F. Kennedy-class are a significant step forward.

The Kitty Hawk is the lead ship of the class. The biggest differences from the Forrestal class are greater length, and a different placement of elevators; two are forward of the island, with a third at the port side stern. The movement of the #4 elevator from the forward to the after end of the angle made it useful for aircraft movement, since the forward-end elevator was useless as it was in both the landing path and in the launch path of the #3 and #4 catapults. Each ship in this class was built in a different shipyard.

Kitty Hawk and Constellation were later updated in an SLEP program; but America was scheduled for a few years later than her sisters, at a time of budget cuts, and was decommissioned in 1996. America was in very poor condition when she was decommissioned, and therefore despite her historical significance was not held as a donation asset. She was expended as a live-fire target and sunk on May 14, 2005. With the decommissioning of the Constellation, the Kitty Hawk was the first and only ship left in the class. She is currently based in Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan.

Sources:
Ace Combat Series (In Game Data)
Wikipedia.org

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Posted 16 April 2008 - 05:16 PM

How the hell d'you tell this carrier and the Nimitz carrier apart?

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Posted 18 April 2008 - 01:46 PM

QUOTE (Ace of Aces @ Apr 16 2008, 01:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

How the hell d'you tell this carrier and the Nimitz carrier apart?

The Nimitz is much larger and the Superstructures for each ship are visibly different. Another thing is the stack behind the superstructure indicates the ship is not nuclear powered.

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Posted 18 April 2008 - 02:53 PM

Also, the ISAF CV-04 Fort Grace that you rearm on is mentioned in the official AC04 site, though it is never named in-game.

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Posted 13 May 2008 - 02:45 AM

Article edited and re-colored.

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Posted 03 July 2008 - 08:12 PM

If I can get my act together I hope if possible to get my fanfic on the Fort Grace class carriers of the ISAF Navy reworked. Once I do this I could some help having someone proof read my fanfic and give me somep ointers or help modify it. The last one I did came out fairly decent in my opinion, but looking it over it can use some fine tuning. Though there may not be any evidence of any additional carriers besides the Fort Grace I like the believe there were others in use.

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Posted 27 October 2008 - 10:50 PM

Fort Grace added to notable ships.

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Posted 15 August 2009 - 05:33 AM

second image is down

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Posted 15 August 2009 - 05:52 AM

Replaced image with aerial view(From Wiki) of the RL Kitty Hawk as I don't know what the original one was.

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Posted 15 August 2009 - 06:17 PM

QUOTE (Tazuren @ Aug 15 2009, 12:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Replaced image with aerial view(From Wiki) of the RL Kitty Hawk as I don't know what the original one was.

Dude, that was a Kitty Hawk class carrier...

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Posted 15 August 2009 - 11:01 PM

QUOTE (El Tweako @ Aug 15 2009, 11:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Dude, that was a Kitty Hawk class carrier...

What I ment was I don't have an ingame pic and I don't know if the 2nd pic was from ingame, so I grabbed one from Wiki. Curse my mind for thinking others know what I'm talking about.

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Posted 22 August 2009 - 12:50 AM

QUOTE (Ribbon-Crimson @ Apr 18 2008, 01:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The Nimitz is much larger and the Superstructures for each ship are visibly different. Another thing is the stack behind the superstructure indicates the ship is not nuclear powered.

Actually only about 6 meters bigger and the aircraft limit is exactly the same. The physique and the fact that the Nimitz is nuclear and the Kitty Hawk is oil powereed are the only BIG differences.

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Posted 24 August 2009 - 06:20 PM

QUOTE (AceofAces @ Aug 21 2009, 08:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Actually only about 6 meters bigger and the aircraft limit is exactly the same. The physique and the fact that the Nimitz is nuclear and the Kitty Hawk is oil powereed are the only BIG differences.

Their displacement is quite different as well

The Kitty hawk's displacement is 80,800 tons whereas the Nimitz's displacement is 97,000. That's a sizable difference in size.

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Posted 25 August 2009 - 02:04 AM

True. I was just comparing the size (length notably) and appearance really. They're both 'super' carriers with very large size and lots of plane capacity either way.

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Posted 17 October 2009 - 08:26 PM

QUOTE (Ribbon-Grey @ Apr 5 2008, 02:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

GAMES FEATURED IN:
Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere

Wait, why are they still used in 2045? you would think everyone would have a nimitz now

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Posted 30 October 2009 - 04:37 PM

its cheap and proformance wouldn't be greatly different

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Posted 30 March 2010 - 09:18 PM

Please correct me here guys.

The Fort Grace class used in AC04 is a Kitty Hawk class correct? Not trying to sound stupid or ignorant just seeking clarification.

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Posted 31 March 2010 - 01:44 AM

QUOTE (Mike M @ Mar 30 2010, 09:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Please correct me here guys.

The Fort Grace class used in AC04 is a Kitty Hawk class correct? Not trying to sound stupid or ignorant just seeking clarification.

yes sir it is

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Posted 26 January 2011 - 02:54 PM

Article updated.

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