T he second USS John F. Kennedy was scheduled for delivery in 2022 but fell behind due to delays caused by the pandemic; now, the vessel is ninety-five percent complete and has a contract delivery ...

Comprised of the first-in-class Kitty Hawk, USS Constellation, USS America, and the Kennedy, the vessels were the last group of carriers to be powered by fossil fuels, which were replaced by the ...

The Navy has begun a $145 million overhaul of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard's "electrical backbone," the first step in preparing Naval Base Kitsap to homeport the ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Big changes are coming to the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The former USS John F. Kennedy is expected to leave its South Philadelphia home and begin its final journey to ...

Kennedy, has begun its journey as it heads south from the Philadelphia Navy Yard to the scrapyard. Towboats began towing the vessel down the Delaware River around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday to begin ...

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 Navy proposes to homeport the USS John F. Kennedy at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, replacing a departing Nimitz-class carrier. Electrical upgrades at the base will begin in 2026 to support the ...

On January 16 the USS John F. Kennedy left from Philadelphia and embarked on her final journey to a scrapyard in Texas. Thousands of people watched all 1,052 feet of the JFK, as it was also called ...

What You Need to Know – 3 Points: The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is the second Ford-class aircraft carrier, set to join the U.S. Pacific Fleet in 2025. Originally scheduled for delivery in 202 ...

A composite image shows the decommissioned aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, left, next to a photo illustration of the future Ford-class supercarrier bearing the same name.Joshua Karsten/US Navy ...