USA: The USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) Launched
On this day in 1967, the US Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) (John F. Kennedy-class aircraft carrier) was launched and was commissioned on the 7th September 1968. It was the last conventionally powered aircraft carrier built for the US Navy. ‘Big John,’ as it is known, was named after former US president John F. Kennedy. The carrier was decommissioned on the 1st August 2007. The carrier’s name will be carried by the future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN-79).
For more visit:
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)
– http://www.navysite.de/cvn/cv67.htm
– http://www.uscarriers.net/cv67history.htm
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