Keywords: US Navy 040228-N-3614M-001 USS Kitty Hawk^rsquo,s (CV 63) deck department lowers a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) into the waters of the Western Pacific Ocean.jpg en Western Pacific Ocean Feb 28 2004 - USS Kitty Hawk s CV 63 deck department lowers a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat RHIB into the waters of the Western Pacific Ocean The RHIB can be used to deploy search and rescue SAR swimmers in the event of a man overboard The aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk is under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility AOR and is the United State s only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier operating from Yokosuka Japan U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate Airman Nicolas Melchor RELEASED 2004-02-28 040228-N-3614M-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 12278 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate Airman Nicolas Melchor PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 Rigid-hulled inflatable boats of US Navy |