Forty years ago on Thursday, a Soviet submarine collided with the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk. The collision occurred as the sub was spying on US warships amid Cold War tensions. It was ...
Summary and Key Points: The USS Kitty Hawk (CVA/CV-63), the lead vessel of the last class of conventionally powered U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, was commissioned in 1961 and decommissioned in 2009.