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Goodbye USS Kitty Hawk

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• May 28: U.S. aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk is pushed off a pier by a tugboat as she leaves Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. The ship made its final departure from Japan to be decommissioned after nearly half a century of service.
• May 28: U.S. navy sailors wave to bid farewell as their ship USS Kitty Hawk aircraft career leaves Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan.
• May 28: U.S. navy sailors stand at attention with the backdrop of Japanese national flag as their ship U.S. aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk leaves Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan.
• May 28: U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Scheiffer, left, greets U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Richard Wren during a ceremony to bid farewell to the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk in Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan.
• May 28: U.S. aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk leaves a pier at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. Kitty Hawk left Japan for the last time for retirement.
• May 28: U.S. aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk leaves a pier at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. Kitty Hawk left Japan for the last time for retirement.
• May 28: The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk leaves a port in Yokosuka, near Tokyo. The Kitty Hawk is to be replaced by the USS George Washington, a nuclear-powered carrier, later this summer.
• May 28: Crew members aboard the USS Kitty Hawk form a human letter "SAYONARA," as the U.S. aircraft carrier leaves a port in Yokosuka, near Tokyo.