Texas salvage company buys legendary US Navy aircraft carrier for one cent
Bob Garcia-Buckalew - Yesterday 7:22 PM
It now appears that South Texas will serve as a sort of burial ground for a once-mighty U.S. Navy ship. The aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk – named for the place in North Carolina where the Wright brothers flew the first powered airplane – was towed to Texas this week to end its service in a marine salvage yard.
The Backstory: Aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk
The carrier is a ghost from another era when ships ran on oil and when the world was a much different place since its launching in 1961.
It played an active role in the Vietnam War during the 1960s and '70s, and entered the battle zone again in 2003 when it served as launch pad for fighter jets and helicopters during the Iraq War.
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