USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) Mid 1980s
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- Опубліковано 29 жов 2019
- Aboard the supercarrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). This was filmed in the mid 1980's. In this video it's leaving Hawaii and heading back to San Diego. My dad also came aboard to participate in the Tiger Cruise back to San Diego. This video (VHS Tape) has not been viewed in over 30+ years. I participated in two Westpac cruises and one World cruise. *Aboard
I was a Plane Captain in VA-165 Boomers on this cruise. It was my first cruise. Thanks for the memories.
This was the air show put on for our (USS Kitty Hawk, I was there) special guest, the Sultan of Brunei. The only time we rolled an actual red carpet out to the landing zone of the helicopter spot where he was brought aboard, except for when the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders came out for a USO show at sea. I have never known why the U.S. was always sucking up to the sultan of Brunei. It was known at the time that he had a very large harem of very seductive women. I think maybe a few politicians visited (or invited) for some fun, and this show and probably some security guarantees, and who knows what else were payment for that fun. I'm referring to the first 12 minutes of this video. I have many photos I took during this show. It was actually quite fun for the crew, we almost never got to see the planes do anything but take off and land, everything else happened at a safe distance away. Also a chance to see the other ships of the fleet kind of up close, usually they would be way out on the horizon.
I was on the kitty hawks sister ship the USS Constellation cv-64 in the mid 80’s we were dock beside each other at north Island Coronado California. I too hav VHS tapes of flight ops and west pac
So good! I was a machinist mate in 2 main from 83-87. My brother came on for this Tiger Cruise. Never got seas sick, we went fishing in San Diego after pulling into port and he was sea sick the whole time. Great trip back in time! Thanks to all of the vets, especially those who took care of the Kitty before I got onboard! Press On!!!
Great vid... I was aboard the Kittyhawk from 76-78 as a Marine guard and when I first went aboard she was in dry dock in Bremerton WA. I did get to go on a WESTPAC in 77 I believe it was. Spent quite a bit of time in Subic Bay! Yeaaaahhh baby!!! LOL Thanks for the memories!
I was there 1983-87 worked the Forward Galley on both the 1984-85 Westpacs
Dude I miss them sliders
You guys rocked
Zastro my friend, I was t.a.d. from my squadron working fwd galley with Art, Ramos, Brown, great times, I totally remember u, we would go 2 the hanger deck 2 bs around & watch the waves
@@TheKy47 Which Squadron were you in during those Westpacs ?
@@glenzastrow5409 VF2(Miramar), The Galley the first three months of the Westpac and then I went back to the Squadron for the last 3 months, it was the 84 Westpac, we would always duck off 2 the hangar deck or the crows nest 2 watch flight ops, one incident of note i'll never 4get, when sum1 spiked the ice cream with hot pepper, I actually know who did it, I was on dishwashing that day, he came in while I was finishing up b4 we opened bacc up so every1 was gone, I'm not a snitch 😆
F14 is the most bad ass looking aircraft in US history
I worked waist catapults (cats 3 and 4) from '84-'87. I could actually be in this video. I remember this exact air and bombing show they gave. Civilians are up in the tower looking on. Brings back so many memories.
I saw you in that video. :)
At 29:17, see the white rectangle things on the right edge of the picture? That was mine at the time, NSSMS (Nato Seasparrow Surface Missile System) 1 Alpha! I 'owned' it at that time, meaning I was principally responsible for maintaining it. That's why it's so pretty and white on the top, and properly grey on the sides and bottom. I actually received an official commendation for my paint job on it.
My Father served on the Kitty Hawk. I went on two tiger cruises from Hawaii to San Diego in the mid 80's. I remember them doing the air show and breaking the sound barrier. I'm most likely watching this very one. great memories.
I went on the tiger cruise as well but I belive it was early 80s , I lived in Lemoore at the time. Was your dad in a A7 squadron?
I was on this cruise with VA146. My Dad and Brother also was part of the Tiger Cruise.
I missed the tiger cruise because a death in the family
Thanks for sharing this video brought back a lot of great memories. I was on the shitty kitty from 85 to 89 in V2 division. I was hook up and hold back on cat one until we got to Philly after the world cruise
At 5:10 you can see the sound barrier shockwave going over the deck. The hair on that guy is moving. Insane. I had to rewind a couple of times to be sure 😂
17:36 is the 'forecastle', pronounce 'foaksil', that is one of the anchor chains streaming away to right and left, from, the round things on the right and left, which are capstans, a winches to pull the chains and lift the anchor. Kind of a mundane detail that nobody cares about. Memories though. I think I was only in that room twice in my four years aboard. I can't even really remember why I was in there at all.
My father served on her for over 5 years late 70s early 80s. In fact, I am pretty sure I was on this exact Tiger Cruise with you although I was about as young as was allowed.
Thank you for this video my dad was on the ship
Ships company 82-86 brings back memories. Thank you for posting.
S-6 division
I knew you back then. Hope you're doing well Jeff.
This guy forgot to use the white-balance control, ubiquitous on video cameras of the day, that's why things turned green. When you changed light conditions, like shooting indoors as opposed to outdoors, you needed to hit the white balance button so it would adjust warm to cool colors, dark environments to light. We got our first home video camera probably in 1980, I quickly mastered it since I was just a teen. This was probably also a bargain one, the resolution is lower than ours, but my dad did like to drop cash for tech.
Wow! That brought back some memories! We might have been shipmates! I was on board the Kitty Hawk for Westpac '84, and by the mix of aircraft, that might have been the same cruise. There are A-7's, which were phased out by the next cruise in '86, the A-6's are a mix of TRAM and non-TRAM versions (the TRAM has the ball under the nose that was added late in the A-6's life, and there are no F-1'8, which we flew in '86. It was the cruise right after the Bremerton overhaul.
So many years ago! Wow. I was an E-5 working in AIMD.
I was an ICMAN for that cruise, I would have been the guy to hook you up with phone service. Great memories and learned about discipline because we worked 18+ hours a day at sea, 7days a week, a lot of that in the holes where it's 140* on a good day. 1982-1986 aboard for two Westpacs, I still talk to a couple of guys I served in forward IC with.. Did you know Captain Wood's was a Vietnam Ace? Peace and always Press On shipmate!
I cruised in 85 and its Airwing Nine and VAW-112, my squadron pictured and all the ships shown are the same for that cruise. In 84, the Hawk did deploy as well, so these were practically back to back deployments, however, in 84, there was a different Airwing onboard, its Hawkeye E2 squadron was VAW-116 the Sunkings, my friend was on deployment with you. Also, you might recall and home town friend of mine from AIMD, Bob (Robert) Diem.
My dad was an E 6 or 7 on that 84 cruise. Harry Kroen. Stationed out of Oak Harbor, Wash.
USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63) began 1984, its twenty-third year of service to the
nation, moored pierside at Naval Air Station, North Island, San Diego,
California in the final stages of POM. On 13 January, KITTY HAWK along with
COMCRUDESGRU Three, COMDESRON Twenty-Three, and CARRIER AIR WING Two and
embarked staffs departed San Diego enroute Pearl Harbor, Hawaii commencing
KITTY HAWK'S fourteenth deployment to the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans.@@COMNAVAIRPAC1998
Capt. P.R. Wood was NOT an "Ace," though he did get one MiG-17 kill during the Vietnam War. He was a great Captain. Best by far, of the three I served under on Kitty Hawk, from 1982-1985. @@doug7313
I made this cruise, 1985 west pac. Va-165 boomers. Great crews and goodtimes chasing the Ayatollah Khomeini around.
Thanks for your Dad's service and thank you for posting this. So sad to see her being sent to scrap in Texas. To all her glory and service to the Naval fleet.. Thank you USS KITTY HAWK and all who served aboard.
This film was shot on the 1985 Westpac cruise. I was ship's company on Kitty Hawk from 1982 - 1985. I made the '84 Westpac cruise and was supposed to make this one as well, but got sent TAD to VA-192 for a deployment to MCAS Iwakuni Japan instead. I was not at all unhappy when I was given the option to skip this cruise and go to Japan. Great camera work by "Dad" here, especially capturing the airshow with live ordnance. BZ Dad and shipmate!
I know someone that was aboard this ship late 70's 80's sweet memories
This was a real treat I was on this cruise was my last they flew me off in the I O so missed the tiger cruise what a show. I reflect on the safety record she had 83 to 85 took the battle E ,these guys were fine tuned thanks for sharing this.look how young we were.
Safety record ..😂 they hit a Russian submarine and had the propeller stuck in her.. that was 85-86.
That was the ranger 84 west pac
Better Google or UA-cam it, it was the shitty kitty as we called her. I know I was stationed on the Connie CV-64(Constellation) when it happened.
It was the Kitty in 84! Not her fault but…. Safety? Hell no! I did her last cruise in 87 before we dry docked in Philthy for an overhaul! We had to stop in Norfolk to paint her after a fire! The whole starboard side was black! Saftey? Lol😂
it was March 1984
My grandpa says he doesn’t remember a lot about the shitty kitty from the few times he landed on it but it got the job done
I was probably in that crowd near the port catwalk/plat lens during these flybys! Thanks to your dad.
Fantastic footage.
Just read the description of this video, it can't be right that this was a Tiger cruise. I mean it doesn't seem right, I don't remember having escort ships on the way back from Pearl Harbor, and I don't remember an air show on the way back. Honestly though, I could be wrong. But the first 12 minutes, live bombs and ariel cannon fire? Look at the flight deck, there are no civilians, one sailor is even in shorts with no shirt. That is definitely not happening in U.S. territorial waters. I'm still fairly certain that was the show for the Sultan of Brunei in the western Pacific.
I served aboard her from nov. 86 to aug. 90... Thank you for sharing this...
You served through the dry dock in Philthy?
What's up Heath! I was in R Div 1987-1990 , Mr Guyer was out Lieutenant
Thanks Charlie! for the share. Brought back a lot of good memories of the CR division.
OMG thanks for sharing. Got to be aboard for Independence Day cruise 1965. Awesome
Thanks for this. I was there with HS-2.
I see what may be radar interference in the audio and video footage in the VHS tape. Surface search or air search? Really excellent footage!
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This was called a Tiger Cruise. Ships stop in Hawaii upon returning from a deployment to pick up friends and relatives for the 7 day trip back to San Diego.
I was on board 1982-84
I was on board 81 to 83 V2 division
I was S-6 division 81-84
BM3 SWANK ?
Was onboard from 1981 till 1985 crazy times be had those years.
I was assigned to IM3 division. There was a cruise in 81 or 82, the one after the 79-80 Westpac, where we spent a lot of time under way. I think there were two 45 day underway periods in Indian Ocean with a port call in Perth, Australia. Guess we were keeping an eye on the new Iranian Islamic govt. Nothing has changed. I remember that Westpac or the 79-80 westpac or both that returning home stopping at Subic Bay Naval station where out in town the locals were selling all kinds of T-Shirts along the lines of Nuking Iran till it glows or turn the sand into glass. Crazy and wild times. Along time ago in a land far away...
Whats up Ken
Boy I bet that brought back memories! 😃
The good thing is the more time passes, the more I remember the great times with my brothers, and forget a little more about 18 hr work days, 7 days a week.lol.
@@doug7313 My brother is RoadTrippinNomad and he was on the Kittyhawk. Definitely some long hours you guys had to put in. Thanks for your service!
@@Matrix7Adventures Thank you Matrix7, it was my pleasure!
Just saw the portion of anchor windlass. I believe this was where religious services were held each Sunday. Also seeing the anchor chain, reminds me that the anchor pulls out the chain which then lays on sea floor which actually holds the ship in place. A BM1 told me that eons ago during ESWS/PQS training. I think I last saw the Hawk when it was homeported in Japan around 1995. Seeing the F-14 Tomcat also brings back memories of standing on vultures row at night and watching F-14's launch in after burner, seeing the flaming exhaust shooting out against the jet blast deflector and up into the air. Awesome sight at night.
I have a zillion hours as a lookout on the island above the bridge. Those blasts from the afterburners were welcome warmth when it was cold. Video brings back some memories for sure.
Judging by the announcemenst on the 1-MC I can pinpoint when this was filmed. I was the flight deck phone talker aboard the USS Wabash AOR-5. On the way back home from the 1984 WESTPAC deployment Battle Group Bravo ported in Pearl Harbor where civilian relatives were accepted aboard to join our ship for the cruise back to Alameda NAS. Some of this video is the air show put on for the civilians. Although many things were shown off there was no underway replenishment for that was too dangerous. They also didn't get to see a Sea Sparrow missile launch or the firing of the Phalanx CIWS shred a decoy at the rate of 50 rounds per second. The air show was staged about the 3rd day out from Hawaii at least 100 nautical miles east of Hawaii. The GPS was not very accurate back then because of relativistic time warping which would be corrected in later years.
V2 Division from 83 to 87. Waist Cats Cat Captain, Arresting Gear Chief then V2 Maint Chief.
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That's our Helo. I was there
This is beginning of cruise
Wonder if a Rf 8 might be a board?
My dad served on the kitty hawk in this era, does anyone that served on this ship remember a guy by the name of C. SHRAUGER?; I've been trying find any footage possible that he may have been captured on, or even anyone that may have known him. He was in during the late 70's to the mid 80's. I believe his final rank was either E4 or E6. He was one of the guys on deck that gave hand signals to the incoming/outgoing jets, I apologize I can't remember what position that is called... Anyone with any info would be great
I was there s-6 division
Really? I was S-6 81-84 same ship!!
@@halseybartlett108 did you know AKC Brown?
They were flying it on board helo drop, repackage then send it off in those huge viking anti sub warfare planes lol true
84
I smoked so much Great marijuana onboard the KITTY, good shit from Thailand, she was loaded with cocaine also, I wasn't into that
None of the officers were being searched Coming back aboard the ship from liberty in Thailand, guess who smuggled shit loads of thai sticks onto the kitty hawk !! Lots of people laughing a lot on the Kitty Hawk after leaving Thailand !! no drug testing back then
They were flying it on board helo drop, repackage then send it off in those huge viking anti sub warfare planes lol true
I smoked so much Great marijuana onboard the KITTY, good shit from Thailand, she was loaded with cocaine also, I wasn't into that