Yankee Station
The first aircraft carrier at Yankee Station was "Kitty Hawk", which was ordered there in April 1964 for the Yankee Team missions. "Kitty Hawk" was joined by in May and in June, two months prior to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. "Ticonderoga" and "Constellation" launched the first bombing missions from Yankee Station on August 5, 1964. "Constellation" was also the last carrier conducting operations at Yankee Station on August 15, 1973. suffered a major accident while at Yankee Station when a series of fires and explosions on her deck killed 134 men and injured another 161.