Amidst exploding ammunition, JFK’s Sea King helicopters evacuated dozens of injured crew. The frigate USS Pharris and ...

Feb. 2—SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — The decommissioned USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) aircraft carrier entered the Brazos Santiago Pass jetties around noon on Sunday, passing by the Cameron County ...

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 USS JFK CV-67 was one of the largest ships in the U.S. Navy at 1,052 feet long and able to hold more than 80 planes. The ship arrived in Brownsville successfully on Feb. 2.

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 ...

Over the next several decades, the USS JFK had 18 deployments in the Mediterranean, the Navy said. It was also used for air security in the mid-Atlantic Ocean following the Sept. 11, 2001 ...