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 ...

The hulk of John F. Kennedy (CV-67) was towed down the Delaware River on Jan. 16, 2025. Photo by Bryan J. Dickerson for USNI News The remains of the Navy’s last conventionally-powered aircraft ...

The former USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) left Philadelphia Thursday for its final voyage. The ship will sail down the Delaware River and along the East Coast, on its way to Brownsville, Texas ...

“Commissioned on Sept. 7, 1968, CV 67 was the first Navy ship to be named John F. Kennedy and was the last conventionally powered aircraft carrier built by the U.S. Navy,” Naval Sea Systems ...

On a cold, dreary Thursday in Philadelphia, a smattering of people came to the waterfront to see the former Kitty Hawk class aircraft carrier U.S.S. John F. Kennedy (CV-67) begin its final journey.

PHILADELPHIA - The ex-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) began its final journey this morning as it departed from the U.S. Navy's Inactive Ships Maintenance ...

"Commissioned on Sept. 7, 1968, CV 67 was the first Navy ship to be named John F. Kennedy and was the last conventionally powered aircraft carrier built by the U.S. Navy," Naval Sea Systems Public ...