080828-N-2757S-008 SAN DIEGO (Aug. 28, 2008) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) man the rails as the ship leaves San Diego. The former aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV 41), now a museum, sits moored along the city skyline. Kitty Hawk is making its final voyage after 47 years of service to Bremerton, Wash., where it will prepare to decommission early next year. About 1,600 Sailors are making the deployment, along with nearly 70 former Kitty Hawk Sailors, including a few dozen of the shipís original crew, known as plankowners. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Special
080828-N-2757S-008 SAN DIEGO (Aug. 28, 2008) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) man the rails as the ship leaves San Diego. The former aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV 41), now a museum, sits moored along the city skyline. Kitty Hawk is making its final voyage after 47 years of service to Bremerton, Wash., where it will prepare to decommission early next year. About 1,600 Sailors are making the deployment, along with nearly 70 former Kitty Hawk Sailors, including a few dozen of the shipís original crew, known as plankowners. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jeff Stewart/Released) US Navy 080828-N-2757S-008 Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) man the rails as the ship leaves San Diego
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