USS John F. Considered a supercarrier , [ 2 ] she is a variant of the Kitty Hawk class , and the last conventionally-powered carrier built for the Navy, [ 6 ] as all carriers since have had nuclear propulsion.
Commissioned in , the ship was named after John F. Kennedy , the 35th president of the United States. John F. Kennedy was originally designated a CVA , for fixed-wing attack carrier, however the designation was changed to CV, for fleet carrier.
After nearly 40 years of service, John F. Kennedy was decommissioned on 1 August On 16 January , John F. Kennedy left the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and started the voyage to Brownsville, Texas where she will be scrapped. She has been succeeded by the Gerald R. Kennedy CVN , laid down in July , launched in October , and scheduled to enter service in By , the larger semi-submerged Shipway 11 became available, where final construction was completed.
The ship entered service 7 September Kennedy is a modified version of the earlier Kitty Hawk -class aircraft carriers. Kennedy is also 17 feet 5.
Kennedy left for the Mediterranean in April Rear Admiral Pierre N. The turnover complete by nightfall, the carrier, escorted by destroyers, transited the Strait of Gibraltar at the start of the mid watch on 22 April.
