CV 63, a/k/a the USS Kitty Hawk paid a visit to Sydney in early July, probably for the last time. The Kitty Hawk is the last conventional (steam boiler) powered aircraft carrier in the US fleet. It's due to be decommissioned in 2008 and replaced with a nuclear powered carrier. The US currently has 11 aircraft carriers in service, which is more than half the total number of aircraft carriers worldwide (21).
