USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) 1979-80 Cruise Sweatshirt

<p>USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was a Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier commissioned on April 29, 1961, and one of the longest-serving aircraft carriers in U.S. Navy history. Her 1979–80 Western Pacific deployment came during a volatile period in global affairs — the Iranian hostage crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan — as Kitty Hawk and her air wing maintained a robust American presence in the Pacific and Indian Ocean. Homeported at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, she answered the nation's call during one of the Cold War's most uncertain chapters. This sweatshirt honors the sailors and airmen who served aboard her during that cruise.</p>