USS Kitty Hawk Big Wave

USS Kitty Hawk caught in a storm. Keep in mind the flight deck sits about 60ft above the water.

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• kittyhawk
• bigwave
• cv63
• aircraft
• carrier

[coryboy345]

LOL just driving along in my aircraft carrier with the windshield wipers on.

[lahaun123]

I was aboard the Kitty Hawk in spring of 1967, when the captain decided, "to hell with the torpedoes, full speed ahead," and took us through a typhoon. There was green water over the flight deck and we lost all forward life rafts. I, personally, lost my breakfast, lunch and dinner.

[impleasen]

thats how you clean the deck!

[discofishing]

I'm glad I joined the Army. I couldn't imagine working on helicopters on a pitching deck. Anyone know if that Seahawk survived without damage?

[MrTimothy76]

I was a Damage Controlman working with other shipmates in the focsle to stop flooding when this happened. The impact of this wave was so great shipmates were tossed off the deck, one of which had to be COD off the ship.

[dcharles63]

Looks like the North Atlantic.  :)

[sgtzsquad]

I pity the poor guys in the destroyer escorts. That must have been a ride...

[Dallas8844]

Might want to rinse off that helicopter before using it.

[mistermamaluigi]

Now this thing is the modern day Titantic only without the icebreg of the sinking part

[samson19541]

who was on Kitty Hawk on January 20th 1972 it would be nice if you contacted me here.

[fox812us]

i was on the kitty hawk when this happen and it hit us soooo hard the alarm came on and i was in my rack scare like a mother*ucker