Old soldiers (and old sailors for that matter) may fade away, but modern warships meet a crueler fate: they head to the scrap yard and are "broken up" after their years of service. It begins with a ...

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 former USS JFK (CV-67) is expected to arrive in the Rio Grande Valley on Sunday. The retired aircraft carrier is headed ...

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 ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA — The ex-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) is scheduled to commence its final transit from the U.S. Navy’s Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia to Brownsville, Texas for dismantling, ...

The former USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) left Philadelphia Thursday for its final voyage. The ship will sail down the Delaware River and along the East Coast, on its way to Brownsville, Texas ...

"Commissioned on Sept. 7, 1968, CV 67 was the first Navy ship to be named John F. Kennedy and was the last conventionally powered aircraft carrier built by the U.S. Navy," Naval Sea Systems Public ...

The aircraft carrier, USS John F. Kennedy CV-67, from which the UFO was seen. This encounter occurred in 1971, while aboard the aircraft carrier, USS John F. Kennedy CVA-67 (now CV-67) in the Bermuda ...

For more about the ship's historic contributions, please visit: USS John F. Kennedy (CVA-67/CV-67) Commissioned on Sept. 7, 1968, CV 67 was the first Navy ship to be named John F. Kennedy. The ship ...

It begins with a final transit this week. Such will be the case with the ex-John F. Kennedy (CV-67) in the coming months. The retired Kitty Hawk variant supercarrier was scheduled to depart the ...