See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.
The Navy retired the John F. Kennedy in 2005 and was decomissioned in Mayport, Florida, in 2007. A year later, the ship traveled to Philadelphia, where it stayed for nearly two decades.
Old soldiers (and old sailors for that matter) may fade away, but modern warships meet a crueler fate: they head to the scrap yard and are "broken up" after their years of service. It begins with a ...
USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) Underway during carrier airwing qualifications in the Northern Puerto Rican Operations Area, 10 December 1996. (Photo: PH2c Scott A. Moak, USN. via U.S. Navy from the ...
President John F. Kennedy predicted his own assassination just two months before his fatal trip to Dallas, Knewz.com can ...
The retired USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier will embark on its final voyage Thursday morning after spending nearly two decades docked in Philadelphia. The retired Navy carrier is set to ...
The seal is crafted to integrate elements that honor President John F. Kennedy, his service to the Navy, and his vision ... service as commander of Patrol Boat 109 in the South Pacific.
The USS John F. Kennedy will depart the Navy Yard in South Philadelphia on Thursday en route to Texas, where the decommissioned aircraft carrier will be scrapped, the U.S. Naval Sea Systems ...
The decommissioned aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy embarked on its final journey to be dismantled earlier this week. The Kennedy was moored at the Navy's Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in ...