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The USS ''Kitty Hawk'' riot, sometimes called the ''Kitty Hawk'' mutiny, was part of widespread antiwar protests within the US armed forces which took place as part of a movement called SOS (Stop Our Ships/Support Our Sailors) on the United States Navy aircraft carrier on the night of 12/13 October 1972, off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker. A report by the House Armed Services Committee concluded that the rebellion had been precipitated by orders received to return to Vietnam from Subic Bay. These orders were given after incidents of sabotage by American sailors had disabled the USS Ranger and USS Forrestal. The ''Kitty Hawk'' was eventually forced to retire to San Diego and was removed from the war.〔Franklin, 'Vietnam and Other American Fantasies', University of Massachusetts Press, 2000〕 The riot was led by African American crew members who responded violently when marines attempted to disrupt their protest meetings. Three had to be evacuated to shore hospitals for further treatment. Forty-five to sixty ''Kitty Hawk'' crewmen were injured in total. The ship's captain, Marland Townsend, and executive officer, Commander Benjamin Cloud (who was black), dissuaded the rioters from further violence. This allowed the carrier to launch her ''Linebacker'' air missions as scheduled on the morning of 12 October. Nineteen of the rioters were later found guilty by the Navy of at least one charge connected to the riot. The incident was publicized in ''The New York Times''. Subsequent unrest on ''Kitty Hawk''′s sister ship was, in a similar fashion, described by the media as a "racial outbreak" in an effort to downplay the antiwar movement within the armed forces. However, many of its crew were active participants in the SOS movement, having earlier produced a petition with 1,500 signatures to allow Jane Fonda's antiwar show to perform on board, produced their own antiwar newsletter (as did ''Kitty Hawk'', entitled ''Kitty Litter''), and supported dozens of servicemen who refused to board for Vietnam duty. ==See also== *1941 Harvard–Navy lacrosse game *Golden Thirteen *Port Chicago disaster 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Kitty Hawk riot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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