The Navy retired the John F. Kennedy in 2005 and was decomissioned in Mayport, Florida, in 2007. A year later, the ship traveled to Philadelphia, where it stayed for nearly two decades.
The former U.S.S. John F. Kennedy is leaving the Philadelphia Navy Yard on Thursday. It is headed to Texas to be dismantled. The historic ship called Philadelphia home after 18 deployments for the U.S ...
The decommissioned aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy embarked on its final journey to be dismantled earlier this week. The Kennedy was moored at the Navy's Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in ...
In the 1960s, the U.S. Navy was exploring the other "final frontier" -- the sea. A series of underwater habitats called "Sealabs" were constructed for scientific exploration on the ocean floor.
USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) Underway during carrier airwing qualifications in the Northern Puerto Rican Operations Area, 10 December 1996. (Photo: PH2c Scott A. Moak, USN. via U.S. Navy from the ...
PHILADELPHIA (KYW) -- The retired USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier will embark on its final voyage Thursday morning after spending nearly two decades docked in Philadelphia. The retired Navy ...