Photo Gallery: Crowds form for USS Kitty Hawk’s arrival

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Veterans and community members attend a public ceremony that included veterans’ remarks to honor the decommissioned USS Kitty Hawk on Tuesday morning at the Cameron County Amphitheater in Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island.

The carrier will be dismantled and recycled at the Port of Brownsville.

Crowds gather to see the decommissioned USS Kitty Hawk’s arrival at South Padre Island on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (Miguel Roberts | The Brownsville Herald)
Crowds gather to see the decommissioned USS Kitty Hawk’s arrival at South Padre Island on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (Miguel Roberts | The Brownsville Herald)
Crowds gather to see the decommissioned USS Kitty Hawk’s arrival at South Padre Island on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (Miguel Roberts | The Brownsville Herald)
Crowds gather to see the decommissioned USS Kitty Hawk’s arrival at South Padre Island on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (Miguel Roberts | The Brownsville Herald)
Crowds gather to see the decommissioned USS Kitty Hawk’s arrival at South Padre Island on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (Miguel Roberts | The Brownsville Herald)
Crowds gather to see the decommissioned USS Kitty Hawk’s arrival from the Brownsville Ship Channel on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (Miguel Roberts | The Brownsville Herald)
Crowds gather to see the decommissioned USS Kitty Hawk’s arrival at South Padre Island on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (Miguel Roberts | The Brownsville Herald)
Crowds gather to see the decommissioned USS Kitty Hawk’s arrival from the Brownsville Ship Channel on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (Miguel Roberts | The Brownsville Herald)