Summary and Key Points: The 1980s were marked by tense Cold War incidents, including a near-nuclear collision in 1984 between the USS Kitty Hawk and a Soviet Victor-class submarine, Petropavlovsk, ...

Old soldiers (and old sailors for that matter) may fade away, but modern warships meet a crueler fate: they head to the scrap yard and are "broken up" after their years of service. It begins with a ...

A member of the USS Kitty Hawk’s ordnance crew moves bombs to planeside off the coast of Vietnam in April, 1966.

Busan, South Korea, Mar. 17, 2005: A sailor walks along the bow of the USS Kitty Hawk beside parked jets as the carrier leaves Busan, South Korea. The ship is heading off the coast of South Korea to ...

Seal the hatch -- A new captain -- A new XO -- America at sea -- A long, difficult journey -- The dap fight -- Sailing into troubled water -- A raised fist -- "They're going to kill us all!" -- "It's ...