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Famed USS Kitty Hawk Is Sailing to the Scrapyard

Legendary Kitty Hawk
Making Final Journey

Mar 20, 2022 9:04 AM CDT

Legendary Kitty Hawk Making Final Journey

Navy ship is heading to a Texas scrapyard

(Newser) - The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk is on its way to a scrapyard in Texas. Too large to slip through the Panama Canal, the ship must sail around South America, a 16,000-mile trip from Washington state, where it has been docked since its retirement in 2009. According to the...

Russian Bombers Harry US Ship

Feb 12, 2008 5:10 AM CST

Russian Bombers Harry US Ship

Yank fighters scramble to intercept jets

(Newser) - US fighter jets intercepted Russian bombers near the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz south of Japan today, Reuters reports. In an apparently tense moment, one of the Russian "Bear" bombers flew over the deck of the carrier. Four US F18 fighters took off from the Nimitz to escort the hostile...

China Nixes Another US Navy Port Call

Nov 30, 2007 2:38 PM CST

China Nixes Another US Navy Port Call

USS Reuben James won't dock in Hong Kong for New Year's

(Newser) - China has turned down another US Navy ship's request to make a port call in Hong Kong on New Year's Eve, bringing to three the number of vessels caught up in the dispute. The denial, announced today, accompanied China's last-minute decision last week to bar USS Kitty Hawk from visiting...

China Fires Back at US in Diplomatic Feud

Nov 29, 2007 4:59 PM CST

China Fires Back at US in Diplomatic Feud

Beijing blasts arms sale to Taiwan, honor for Dalai Lama

(Newser) - Tensions between the US and China took a turn for the worse today with China making clear that its refusal to let a US Navy carrier dock in Hong Kong was deliberate and not a simple "misunderstanding" as characterized by the White House. Beijing said "erroneous" US activities—...

China Spoils Holiday Reunion for US Sailors

Nov 22, 2007 10:31 AM CST

China Spoils Holiday Reunion for US Sailors

It denies permission for Kitty Hawk to stop in Hong Kong

(Newser) - China put a damper on Thanksgiving for 8,000 US sailors and airmen, Reuters reports. Beijing denied permission for the USS Kitty Hawk and its support group to stop in Hong Kong, where hundreds of relatives had gathered for a holiday reunion. Beijing eventually relented, but it was too late—...