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U.S. carrier Kitty Hawk enters Yokosuka port

The U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk enters the U.S. Yokosuka Naval Base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 11, replacing the flattop Independence. The 81,123-ton, 325-meter-long Kitty Hawk, which arrived from San Diego, Calif., has a crew of about 5,500 and is scheduled to be stationed in Yokosuka until around 2007. The 80,643-ton Independence left the base in July to be retired.

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U.S. aircraft carrier Independence

People bid farewell to the U.S. aircraft carrier Independence leaving the U.S. Yokosuka Naval Base in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on July 7 after ending its six-year, 10-month mission in Japan. The 80,643-ton ship will transfer its duties in Hawaii to the U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, which will arrive in Yokosuka on Aug. 11. The Independence, commissioned in 1959, will be decommissioned in September after returning to San Diego, California.

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U S carrier Kitty Hawk enters Yokosuka port

The U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk enters the U.S. Yokosuka Naval Base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 11, replacing the flattop Independence. The 81,123-ton, 325-meter-long Kitty Hawk, which arrived from San Diego, Calif., has a crew of about 5,500 and is scheduled to be stationed in Yokosuka until around 2007. The 80,643-ton Independence left the base in July to be retired. ==Kyodo