An aircraft carrier is leaving its home at the Navy Yard in South Philadelphia to make its final journey on Thursday morning.

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

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 ...

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.

One of America's newest aircraft carriers has been named after JFK and will enter service this year. The departure of the USS JFK comes amid delayed plans for another massive ship to move out of ...

The 1,407-foot ship was delivered at the height of the Vietnam War on September 7, 1968. It was the first navy ship to be named John F. Kennedy, and was the last conventially powered aircraft ...

Comprised of the first-in-class Kitty Hawk, USS Constellation ... and then across the Gulf of Mexico. The next JFK The Kennedy namesake will live on in the future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft ...

The USS JFK's departure was originally scheduled for Jan. 15, but was postponed because of high winds. Commissioned on Sept. 7, 1968, the USS JFK was the first Navy ship named for the famed ...