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USS Kitty Hawk: strange but true facts about the Old Girl

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CommodoreMid said:
Why do they have one in the first place?
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There are ready rooms on the second deck (below the hanger). I think were put in to get crews up from the ready rooms to the flight deck in flight gear (4 decks would be a lot of ladders to get up with everything on).

If you get the forward escalator moving be careful. It has a few missing steps in it that are usually hidden.
 
A4sForever

A4sForever

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My experience w/ HAWK and the CONNIE -- the Ready Rooms were scattered throughout the ship -- some above and some below the hangar deck. I.e., fighters and Hummers were above, the rest of the Air Group/Wing below -- the arrangement and assignments had something to do w/ response time to Alert-5's & 15's ... :)

The advent of the armored flight decks made moot most of the WW-2 lessons, I would guess. :confused:

The Ready Rooms on the 27-C's -- TICO, LEX, O-BOAT, HAND-JOB -- were all above the hangar deck. I can't remember where they were on the IKE -- blotted that one from memory.
 
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A4sForever said:
My experience w/ HAWK and the CONNIE -- the Ready Rooms were scattered throughout the ship -- some above and some below the hangar deck. I.e., fighters and Hummers were above, the rest of the Air Group/Wing below -- the arrangement and assignments had something to do w/ response time to Alert-5's & 15's ... :)

The advent of the armored flight decks made moot most of the WW-2 lessons, I would guess. :confused:

The Ready Rooms on the 27-C's -- TICO, LEX, O-BOAT, HAND-JOB -- were all above the hangar deck.[/B] I can't remember where they were on the IKE -- blotted that one from memory.
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Ike's a Nimitz clone so they're all on the 0-3 level. Only older ones I spent any time on were JFK (all 0-3 level) and Indy (RAG CQ 1st deck for Prowlers). The other oil burners (Connie, America and Sara) I was on and off the same day for CQ.
 
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Hey...what can I tell ya. My call sign was destined to either be Mumbles, because of my purported lack of elocution, or Jimmy Two Times.....now I gotta go get the papers, get the papers.
 
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