In 2021, the aircraft carriers USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) were sold for a symbolic penny to the Shipbreaking Limited facility in Brownsville, Texas, for scrapping.

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 transit will take around two weeks. USS John F. Kennedy had the distinction of being the final conventionally powered aircraft built for the United States Navy. She was the first carrier to be ...

Navy's last conventionally powered carrier Commissioned in September 1968, the Kennedy was the fourth and final vessel in the Kitty Hawk class, initially designated as an attack aircraft carrier.