On Thursday, January 16, the American Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) began its final journey.

The former USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) aircraft carrier departed the Navy's Philadelphia Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility on Jan. 16 under tow to its final destination: International Shipbreaking ...

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 ...

See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.

The USS John F. Kennedy is traveling from Philadelphia to Brownsville for dismantling. The ship made multiple tours of the ...

(Tribune News Service) — The decommissioned aircraft carrier formerly known as the USS John F. Kennedy has begun its final journey, departing from its long-held berth in South Philadelphia Thursday ...

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.

The former USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) left Philadelphia Thursday for its final voyage. The ship will sail down to Brownsville, Texas, where it will be dismantled.

However, the U.S. Navy deep-sixed the plan, ­and both CV-63 and CV-67 were ordered to be scrapped. What is noteworthy is that the USS Saratoga Museum Foundation had sought for years to have the ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Having a chance to get to know the people who served on the USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) really gave me insight into who he was and what kind of leader he was in a way that I wouldn't have had any ...