Keywords: USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) drydock.jpg 030520-N-5781F-004 Yokosuka Japan -- The USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 hull inspection team assembled by the ship ™s chief engineer walks toward the screws of the Kitty Hawk The team inspects the hull to assess how much maintenance may be required Kitty Hawk is conducting scheduled maintenance at her forward-deployed operating location in Yokosuka Japan The carrier recently returned from operations with coalition forces in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom the Persian Gulf during Operation Iraqi Freedom the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 7725 May 20 2003 U S Navy photo by Photographer ™s Mate Airman Bo Flannigan RELEASED PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 Ship propellers |