Aircraft Carrier CVA / CV 64 - USS Constellation

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USS Constellation (CV 64), now decommissioned - San Diego, California - September 2003   decommissioning ceremony - NAS North Island, California - August 7, 2003   decommissioning ceremony - NAS North Island, California - August 7, 2003   decommissioning ceremony - NAS North Island, California - August 7, 2003   NAS North Island, California - June 2003   final homecoming at NAS North Island, California - June 2, 2003   final homecoming at NAS North Island, California - June 2003   final homecoming at NAS North Island, California - June 2003   final homecoming at NAS North Island, California - June 2003   Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - May 2003   with CVW-2 embarked - Perth, Australia - April 2003   with CVW-2 embarked - April 2003   with CVW-2 embarked and USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) in the background - Arabian Gulf - April 2003   with CVW-2 embarked - Arabian Gulf - April 2003

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Type, Class:			Aircraft Carrier; Kitty Hawk - class
Builder:			New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York, USA
STATUS:			Awarded: July 1, 1956 Laid down: September 14, 1957 Launched: October 8, 1960 Commissioned: October 27, 1961 (as CVA 64) Redesignated to CV 64 on June 30, 1975 Decommissioned: August 6, 2003 Fate: hold in reserve at the Inactive Sips Maintenance Facility (ISMF) Bremerton, WA will probably be scrapped at Brownsville, Texas
Homeport:			-
Namesake:			named in honor of the "new constellation of the 15 stars" on the original flag of the USA
Ship’s Motto:			-
Technical Data: (Measures, Propulsion, Armament, Aviation, etc.)			see: INFO > Kitty Hawk class Aircraft Carrier
History:			! for ship & namesake history go to the bottom of this page !
Major Deployments: (away from homeport for more than 2 months)   March 1962 - May 1962 with Carrier Air Group 13 (CVG-13) - shakedown cruise / Atlantic Ocean July 1962 - September 1962 with Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5) - Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean February 1963 - September 1963 with Carrier Air Group 14 (CVG-14) - Pacific Ocean May 1964 - February 1965 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) - Vietnam War May 1966 - December 1966 with Carrier Air Wing 15 (CVW-15) - Vietnam War April 1967 - December 1967 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) - Vietnam War May 1968 - January 1969 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) - Vietnam War August 1969 - May 1970 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) - Vietnam War October 1971 - July 1972 with Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) - Vietnam War January 1973 - October 1973 with Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) - Vietnam War June 1974 - December 1974 with Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) - Vietnam War / Arabian Gulf April 1977 - November 1977 with Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) - Pacific Ocean September 1978 - May 1979 with Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) - Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean February 1980 - October 1980 with Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) - Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean October 1981 - May 1982 with Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) - Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean February 1985 - August 1985 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) - Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean September 1986 - October 1986 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) - Northern Pacific Ocean April 1987 - October 1987 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) - Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean / Arabian Gulf December 1988 - June 1989 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) - Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean September 1989 - October 1989 with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) - Northern Pacific Ocean February 1990 - April 1990 with Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) - carrier transfer to East Coast (Norfolk) May 1993 - July 1993 with Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) - carrier transfer to West Coast (San Diego) May 1994 - June 1994 with Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) - Pacific Ocean (exercise RIMPAC 94) November 1994 - May 1995 with Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) - Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean / Gulf April 1997 - October 1997 with Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) - Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean / Gulf June 1999 - December 1999 with Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) - Pacific Ocean / Gulf March 2001 - September 2001 with Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) - Pacific Ocean / Gulf November 2002 - June 2003 with Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) - Pacific Ocean / Gulf

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