Post decommissioning thumb|Kitty Hawk being towed past the southern tip of South Padre Island, Texas, by tugboat Michele Foss on 31 May 2022. thumb|Kitty Hawk being towed in the Brownsville Ship Channel on 31 May 2022. As the last conventional American aircraft carriers to be decommissioned, Kitty Hawk and were the last two carriers suitable for conversion into museum ships. Nuclear carriers, such as and the , require extensive disassembly to remove their nuclear reactors during decommissioning, leaving them in an unsuitable condition for donation.
Post decommissioning thumb|Kitty Hawk being towed past the southern tip of South Padre Island, Texas, by tugboat Michele Foss on 31 May 2022. thumb|Kitty Hawk being towed in the Brownsville Ship Channel on 31 May 2022. As the last conventional American aircraft carriers to be decommissioned, Kitty Hawk and were the last two carriers suitable for conversion into museum ships. Nuclear carriers, such as and the , require extensive disassembly to remove their nuclear reactors during decommissioning leaving them in an unsuitable condition for donation.