The retired USS John F. Kennedy​ aircraft carrier will embark on its final voyage after spending nearly two decades docked in Philadelphia.

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

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 ex-aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy began its final journey to the scrapyard. The decommissioned vessel was the last conventionally powered flattop built by the US Navy. The Kennedy namesake will ...

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 ...

On Thursday, January 16, the American Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) began its final journey. The vessel, measuring 321 metres in length and weighing 88,000 tonnes, is ...

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 ...

The hulk of John F. Kennedy (CV-67) was towed down the Delaware River on Jan. 16, 2025. Photo by Bryan J. Dickerson for USNI News The remains of the Navy’s last conventionally-powered aircraft ...

The USS John F. Kennedy will depart the Navy Yard in South Philadelphia on Thursday en route to Texas, where the decommissioned aircraft carrier will be scrapped, the U.S. Naval Sea Systems ...

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 ...