USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63)

The Deck Logs Project was undertaken by members of the original Blue Water Navy Veterans Association to document when certain ships were within Vietnam Territorial Seas defined as 12 miles from Baseline. The Era covered by the analysis is January 1962 through May 1975.

This document represents data taken from the SECNAV 1650 Report which alleges to provide all dates a naval unit qualifies for a medal or ribbon. In this case, these are the dates when a ship's crew was eligible for the or an alternative Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, indicating they were in the Vietnam Theater of Combat during the time period shown.

The image below is a bar chart indicating the location of the ship during the Vietnam War. It shows that the ship was either in or not in the Theater of Combat and when the ship was in the Territorial Seas of Vietnam.

In the Bar Graph, the Yellow cells indicate when the ship was anywhere except in the Theater of Combat. Gray bars in the graph below represent every month when the ship was in the Theater of Combat, and Red bars represent a month when the ship was inside the 12 miles from the Baseline limit of the Vietnam Territorial Seas for some portion of at least one day during that specific month.

The following pages provide details on the ship's positions inside the Territorial Seas (the Red portions of the above graph). From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Nov 1965

Days/Times Inside Territorial Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, Seas the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected]

26-Nov-65 1200 2000 27-Nov-65 0800 29-Nov -65 1200 2000

26-Nov-1965 page 73 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Nov 1965

Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected]

27-Nov-1965 page 76 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Nov 1965

Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected]

29-Nov-1965 page 81 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Feb 1966

Days/Times Inside Territorial Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, Seas the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected]

22-Feb-66 0800 1200 2000 23-Feb-66 0800 1200 24-Feb -66 0800 1200 2000 28-Feb-66 0800 1200 2000

22-Feb-1966 page 56 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Feb 1966

23-Feb-1966 Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected] page 59 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Feb 1966

24-Feb-1966 Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected] page 62 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Feb 1966

28-Feb-1966 Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected] page 72 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Mar 1966

Days/Times Inside Territorial Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double Seas checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected]

01-Mar-66 0800 1200 04-Mar-66 0800 05-Mar -66 0800 1200

01-Mar-1966 page 2 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Mar 1966

Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected]

04-Mar-1966 page 10 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Mar 1966

Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected]

05-Mar-1966 page 13 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Apr 1966

Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the Days/Times Inside Territorial Seas deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected] 02-Apr-66 0800 1200 03-Apr-66 0800 1200 04-Apr-66 1200 05-Apr-66 0800 1200 06-Apr-66 0800 1200 2000 07-Apr-66 0800 1200 08-Apr-66 2000 09-Apr-66 0800 1200 2000 10-Apr-66 0800 1200

02-Apr-1966 page 5 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Apr 1966

03-Apr-1966 Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected] page 7 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Apr 1966

04-Apr-1966 Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected] page 10 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Apr 1966

05-Apr-1966 Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected] page 13 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Apr 1966

06-Apr-1966 Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected] page 16 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Apr 1966

07-Apr-1966 Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected] page 19 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Apr 1966

08-Apr-1966 Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected] page 22 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Apr 1966

09-Apr-1966 Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected] page 25 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Apr 1966

10-Apr-1966 Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected] page 27 From KITTY HAWK Deck Log - Mar 1971

Note: The Hits Summary is the result of manually reading the Days/Times Inside Territorial Seas deck logs. Although these results have been double checked, the report may not be 100% accurate. Please refer any discrepancies or questions to [email protected] 05-Mar-71 1200

05-Mar-1971 page 10