USS Kitty Hawk transits Strait of Malacca
Feb. 16, 2003
ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK AT SEA -- The U.S. Navy's oldest active duty warship transits the Strait of Malacca, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, en route to the Central Command area of operations.
USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and the embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, went through the strait after a port visit to Singapore.
Kitty Hawk's current mission is to provide a forward presence in the Asia/Pacific region, conduct training and exercises with regional allies and remain available to respond to emergent national tasking where needed.
Kitty Hawk is the world's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan.
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