But it's not coming to join Battleship Texas; when this one arrives, it will be dismantled. The USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), which had been docked in Philadelphia since 2007, began its final ...
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 ...
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 ...