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Kennedy</i> (CV-67) </caption> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)_departs_Naval_Station_Mayport_on_11_November_2003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV-67%29_departs_Naval_Station_Mayport_on_11_November_2003.jpg/300px-USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV-67%29_departs_Naval_Station_Mayport_on_11_November_2003.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV-67%29_departs_Naval_Station_Mayport_on_11_November_2003.jpg/450px-USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV-67%29_departs_Naval_Station_Mayport_on_11_November_2003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV-67%29_departs_Naval_Station_Mayport_on_11_November_2003.jpg/600px-USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV-67%29_departs_Naval_Station_Mayport_on_11_November_2003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2049" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span><div>USS <i>John F. Kennedy</i> leaving <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Mayport" title="Naval Station Mayport">NS Mayport, Florida</a> in November 2003</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Class overview</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>John F. Kennedy</i>-class</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builders</td><td><a href="/wiki/Newport_News_Shipbuilding" title="Newport News Shipbuilding">Newport News Shipbuilding</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operators</td><td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="520" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Preceded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Hawk-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier"><i>Kitty Hawk</i> class</a> and <a href="/wiki/Enterprise-class_aircraft_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Enterprise-class aircraft carrier"><i>Enterprise</i> class</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Succeeded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Nimitz-class aircraft carrier"><i>Nimitz</i> class</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">In commission</td><td>7 September 1968 – 1 August 2007</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/54px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/107px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United States</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>John F. Kennedy</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Awarded</td><td>30 April 1964<sup id="cite_ref-NVR_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Newport_News_Shipbuilding" title="Newport News Shipbuilding">Newport News Shipbuilding</a><sup id="cite_ref-NVR_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>22 October 1964<sup id="cite_ref-NVR_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>27 May 1967<sup id="cite_ref-NVR_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sponsored by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Kennedy" title="Caroline Kennedy">Caroline Kennedy</a><sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Christened</td><td>27 May 1967</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>7 September 1968<sup id="cite_ref-NVR_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>23 March 2007<sup id="cite_ref-NVR_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Refit</td><td>1984</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>16 October 2009<sup id="cite_ref-NVR_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Identification</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Maritime_call_sign" title="Maritime call sign">Callsign</a>: NJFK<sup id="cite_ref-navsrc139_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsrc139-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_November.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/ICS_November.svg/15px-ICS_November.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/ICS_November.svg/23px-ICS_November.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/ICS_November.svg/30px-ICS_November.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span><span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_Juliett.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/ICS_Juliett.svg/15px-ICS_Juliett.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/ICS_Juliett.svg/23px-ICS_Juliett.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/ICS_Juliett.svg/30px-ICS_Juliett.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span><span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_Foxtrot.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/ICS_Foxtrot.svg/15px-ICS_Foxtrot.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/ICS_Foxtrot.svg/23px-ICS_Foxtrot.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/ICS_Foxtrot.svg/30px-ICS_Foxtrot.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span><span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_Kilo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/ICS_Kilo.svg/15px-ICS_Kilo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/ICS_Kilo.svg/23px-ICS_Kilo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/ICS_Kilo.svg/30px-ICS_Kilo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Motto</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Date Nolite Rogare</i></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">(<a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> for "Give, do not ask"; cf. <a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_John_F._Kennedy#The_inaugural_address" title="Inauguration of John F. Kennedy">"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country"</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Nickname(s)</td><td>"Big John" (unofficially: "Bldg 67", "Can Opener", "Jack the Tin Can Killer")<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Badge</td><td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_John_F._Kennedy_CV-67_Crest.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/USS_John_F._Kennedy_CV-67_Crest.png/120px-USS_John_F._Kennedy_CV-67_Crest.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/USS_John_F._Kennedy_CV-67_Crest.png/180px-USS_John_F._Kennedy_CV-67_Crest.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/USS_John_F._Kennedy_CV-67_Crest.png 2x" data-file-width="236" data-file-height="238" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">Aircraft carrier</a><sup id="cite_ref-donation_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-donation-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">60,728 tons light</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">82,655 tons full load</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">21,927 tons deadweight</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>1,052 ft (321 m) overall, 990 ft (300 m) waterline</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>252 ft (77 m) extreme, 130 ft (40 m) waterline</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Height</td><td>192 ft (59 m) from top of the mast to the waterline</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>36 ft (11 m) maximum, 37 ft (11 m) limit</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 1,200 PSI</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">280,000 shp (210 MW)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × steam turbines</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 shafts</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Capacity</td><td>5,000+</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>3,297 officers and men (without jet commands & crews)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Guided_Missile_Launching_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Guided Missile Launching System">GMLS</a> Mk 29 launchers for <a href="/wiki/RIM-7_Sea_Sparrow" title="RIM-7 Sea Sparrow">Sea Sparrow</a> missiles</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS" title="Phalanx CIWS">Phalanx CIWS</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/RIM-116_Rolling_Airframe_Missile" title="RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile">RAM</a> launchers</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aircraft carried</td><td>80+</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>John F. Kennedy</i> (CV-67)</b> (formerly <b>CVA-67</b>), the only ship of her class, is an <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a>, formerly of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>. Considered a <a href="/wiki/Supercarrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Supercarrier">supercarrier</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> she is a variant of the <a href="/wiki/Kitty_Hawk-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier"><i>Kitty Hawk</i> class</a>, and the last <a href="/wiki/Marine_propulsion" title="Marine propulsion">conventionally-powered</a> carrier built for the Navy,<sup id="cite_ref-donation_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-donation-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as all carriers since have had <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_marine_propulsion" title="Nuclear marine propulsion">nuclear propulsion</a>. Commissioned in 1968, the ship was named after <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>, the 35th president of the United States. <i>John F. Kennedy</i> was originally <a href="/wiki/Hull_classification_symbol#Aircraft_carrier_type" title="Hull classification symbol">designated a CVA</a>, for <a href="/wiki/Fixed_wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Fixed wing">fixed-wing</a> attack carrier, however the designation was changed to CV, for <a href="/wiki/Fleet_aircraft_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Fleet aircraft carrier">fleet carrier</a>. </p><p>After nearly 40 years of service, <i>John F. Kennedy</i> was <a href="/wiki/Ship_decommissioning" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship decommissioning">decommissioned</a> on 1 August 2007. She is berthed at the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Inactive_Ship_Maintenance_Facility" title="Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility">NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance facility</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, formerly the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard" title="Philadelphia Naval Shipyard">Philadelphia Naval Shipyard</a>, and, until late 2017, was available for donation as a <a href="/wiki/Museum_ship" title="Museum ship">museum</a> and memorial to a qualified organization.<sup id="cite_ref-NVR_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late 2017, the Navy revoked her "donation hold" status and designated her for dismantling.<sup id="cite_ref-fate_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fate-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She has been succeeded by the <a href="/wiki/Gerald_R._Ford-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier"><i>Gerald R. Ford</i>-class</a> aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/Pre-Commissioning_Unit" title="Pre-Commissioning Unit">Pre-Commissioning Unit</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CVN-79)" title="USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)"><i>John F. Kennedy</i> (CVN-79)</a>, laid down in July 2015, launched in October 2019, and scheduled to enter service in 2025. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ship_history">Ship history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ship history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Design_and_early_years">Design and early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Design and early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Designed under <a href="/wiki/Ship_Characteristics_Board" title="Ship Characteristics Board">Ship Characteristics Board</a> project SCB-127C,<sup id="cite_ref-friedman_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-friedman-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the ship's <a href="/wiki/Keel" title="Keel">keel</a> was laid on inclined Shipway 8 by <a href="/wiki/Newport_News_Shipbuilding" title="Newport News Shipbuilding">Newport News Shipbuilding</a> on 22 October 1964. By 1965, the larger semi-submerged Shipway 11 became available, where final construction was completed.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship was <a href="/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship naming and launching">christened</a> 27 May 1967 by <a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Kennedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacqueline Kennedy">Jacqueline Kennedy</a> and her 9-year-old daughter, <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Kennedy" title="Caroline Kennedy">Caroline</a>, two days short of what would have been President Kennedy's 50th birthday. The ship entered service 7 September 1968. </p><p><i>John F. Kennedy</i> is a modified version of the earlier <a href="/wiki/Kitty_Hawk-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier"><i>Kitty Hawk</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally scheduled to be the fourth <i>Kitty Hawk</i>-class carrier, the ship received so many modifications during construction she formed her own class.<sup id="cite_ref-donation_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-donation-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship was originally ordered as a nuclear carrier, using the <a href="/wiki/A3W_reactor" title="A3W reactor">A3W reactor</a>, but converted to conventional propulsion after construction had begun.<sup id="cite_ref-friedman_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-friedman-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The island is somewhat different from that of the <i>Kitty Hawk</i> class, with angled funnels to direct smoke and gases away from the flight deck. <i>John F. Kennedy</i> is also 17 feet (5.2 m) shorter than the <i>Kitty Hawk</i> class.<sup id="cite_ref-friedman_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-friedman-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After an ORI (operational readiness inspection) conducted by Commander, <a href="/wiki/Carrier_Strike_Group_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Strike Group Two">Carrier Division Two</a>, <i>John F. Kennedy</i> left for the Mediterranean in April 1969. The ship reached <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Rota,_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Station Rota, Spain">Rota</a>, Spain on the morning of 22 April 1969 and relieved <a href="/wiki/USS_Forrestal" title="USS Forrestal">USS <i>Forrestal</i></a>. Rear Admiral Pierre N. Charbonnet, Commander, Carrier Striking Forces, Sixth Fleet, and Commander, Carrier Striking Unit 60.1.9, shifted his flag to <i>John F. Kennedy</i>. The turnover complete by nightfall, the carrier, escorted by destroyers, transited the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar" title="Strait of Gibraltar">Strait of Gibraltar</a> at the start of the mid watch on 22 April. The next day, <i>John F. Kennedy</i> refueled from <a href="/wiki/USS_Marias" title="USS Marias">USS <i>Marias</i></a>, and acquired the company of a <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Navy" title="Soviet Navy">Soviet</a> <a href="/wiki/Kotlin-class_destroyer" title="Kotlin-class destroyer">Kotlin-class destroyer</a> (Pennant No. 383). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s">1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>John F. Kennedy</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s maiden voyage, and several of her subsequent voyages, were on deployments to the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> during much of the 1970s to help deal with the steadily deteriorating situation in the Middle East. During the 1970s <i>John F. Kennedy</i> was upgraded to handle the <a href="/wiki/F-14_Tomcat" class="mw-redirect" title="F-14 Tomcat">F-14 Tomcat</a> and the <a href="/wiki/S-3_Viking" class="mw-redirect" title="S-3 Viking">S-3 Viking</a>. </p><p><i>John F. Kennedy</i> was involved in the Navy response to the <a href="/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War" title="Yom Kippur War">Yom Kippur War</a> in the Middle East in October 1973, with her actions and the larger U.S. Navy picture being described in <a href="/wiki/Elmo_Zumwalt" title="Elmo Zumwalt">Elmo Zumwalt</a>'s book <i>On Watch</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1974, she won the <a href="/wiki/Marjorie_Sterrett_Battleship_Fund_Award" title="Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award">Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award</a> for the Atlantic Fleet. </p><p>On 20 June 1975 <i>John F. Kennedy</i> was the target of possible arson, suffering eight fires, with no injuries, while at port in <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-navsea-uss-kennedy_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsea-uss-kennedy-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 November 1975, <i>John F. Kennedy</i> collided with the <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Belknap_(CG-26)" title="USS Belknap (CG-26)"><i>Belknap</i></a>, severely damaging the smaller ship. As a result of the collision with <i>John F. Kennedy</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s overhanging deck, JP-5 fuel lines were ruptured spraying fuel over an adjacent catwalk, and fires ensued aboard both ships. <i>Belknap</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s superstructure was gutted almost to the main deck, and seven of her crew killed. Aboard <i>John F. Kennedy</i>, smoke inhalation claimed the life of Yeoman 2nd Class David A. Chivalette of VF-14, CVW-1. </p> <table style="margin:auto"> <tbody><tr> <td><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_JFK_damaged_deck_after_collision_with_USS_Belknap.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/USS_JFK_damaged_deck_after_collision_with_USS_Belknap.JPEG/220px-USS_JFK_damaged_deck_after_collision_with_USS_Belknap.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/USS_JFK_damaged_deck_after_collision_with_USS_Belknap.JPEG/330px-USS_JFK_damaged_deck_after_collision_with_USS_Belknap.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/USS_JFK_damaged_deck_after_collision_with_USS_Belknap.JPEG/440px-USS_JFK_damaged_deck_after_collision_with_USS_Belknap.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2761" data-file-height="2205" /></a><figcaption>A view of damage sustained by <i>John F. Kennedy</i> when she collided with the cruiser USS <i>Belknap</i></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CVA-67)_underway_in_December_1968.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CVA-67%29_underway_in_December_1968.jpg/220px-USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CVA-67%29_underway_in_December_1968.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CVA-67%29_underway_in_December_1968.jpg/330px-USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CVA-67%29_underway_in_December_1968.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CVA-67%29_underway_in_December_1968.jpg/440px-USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CVA-67%29_underway_in_December_1968.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1930" data-file-height="1311" /></a><figcaption><i>John F. Kennedy</i> on her initial <a href="/wiki/Shakedown_cruise" title="Shakedown cruise">shakedown cruise</a> in December 1968</figcaption></figure> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On 14 September 1976, while conducting a nighttime <a href="/wiki/Underway_replenishment" title="Underway replenishment">underway replenishment</a> 100 miles (160 km) north of Scotland, the destroyer <a href="/wiki/USS_Bordelon" title="USS Bordelon"><i>Bordelon</i></a> lost control and collided with <i>John F. Kennedy</i>, resulting in such severe damage to the destroyer that she was removed from service in 1977. Earlier the same day, one F-14 Tomcat, following a problem with the catapult, fell off of the flight deck of <i>John F. Kennedy</i>, with <a href="/wiki/AIM-54_Phoenix" title="AIM-54 Phoenix">AIM-54 Phoenix</a> missiles in international waters, off the coast Scotland. Both crew members ejected and landed on the deck, injured but alive.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A naval race (surface and submarine) followed between the Soviet Navy and U.S. Navy to get back not only the plane (because of its <a href="/wiki/Weapon_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Weapon system">weapon system</a>), but also its missiles. After a prolonged search, the U.S. Navy retrieved the aircraft and its missiles.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1979 <i>John F. Kennedy</i> underwent her first year-long overhaul, which was completed in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the carrier was at <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard" title="Norfolk Naval Shipyard">Norfolk Naval Shipyard</a>, Virginia for the overhaul, arson attacks were carried out on the ship on two occasions. On 9 April 1979, she experienced five fires which killed one shipyard worker and injured 34 others, and on 5 June 1979 the carrier was the target of two more fires; no one was injured in the latter incident.<sup id="cite_ref-navsea-uss-kennedy_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsea-uss-kennedy-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1979 she won her second <a href="/wiki/Marjorie_Sterrett_Battleship_Fund_Award" title="Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award">Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 4 August 1980, <i>John F. Kennedy</i> left Norfolk, Virginia and voyaged to the Mediterranean Sea. <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4 January 1982, <i>John F. Kennedy</i>, with Carrier Air Wing Three (AC), sailed as the flagship for Carrier Group Four (CCG-4) from Norfolk, Va. on her ninth deployment, and her first visit to the Indian Ocean after port visits to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Malaga, Spain, and transiting the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Canal" title="Suez Canal">Suez Canal</a>. In her time in the Indian Ocean <i>John F. Kennedy</i> conducted her only port visit to Perth/Fremantle, Western Australia, anchoring in Gage Roads on 19 March 1982 for a R&R visit, departing on 25 March back to the Indian Ocean. During this time <i>John F. Kennedy</i> played host to the first visit of the Somali head of state. Her cruise ended with port visits to Mombasa, Kenya and Toulon, France, and another visit to Malaga, Spain before returning home on 14 July 1982. </p><p>In October 1983 <i>John F. Kennedy</i> was diverted to <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>, Lebanon from her planned Indian Ocean deployment, after the <a href="/wiki/Beirut_barracks_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="Beirut barracks bombing">Beirut barracks bombing</a> killed 241 U.S. military personnel taking part in the <a href="/wiki/Multinational_Force_in_Lebanon" title="Multinational Force in Lebanon">Multinational Force in Lebanon</a>, and spent the rest of that year and early 1984 patrolling the region. On 4 December 1983 ten <a href="/wiki/A-6_Intruder" class="mw-redirect" title="A-6 Intruder">A-6</a> aircraft from <i>John F. Kennedy</i> along with A-6 and <a href="/wiki/A-7_Corsair_II" class="mw-redirect" title="A-7 Corsair II">A-7</a> aircraft from <a href="/wiki/USS_Independence_(CV-62)" title="USS Independence (CV-62)">USS <i>Independence</i></a> took part in a bombing raid over Beirut, in response to two U.S. F-14 aircraft being fired upon the previous day. The Navy lost two aircraft during the raid: an A-7E from <i>Independence</i> and an A-6E from <i>John F. Kennedy</i> were shot down by <a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile">SAMs</a>. The A-7E pilot was picked up by a fishing boat, but the A-6E pilot Lt. Mark Lange died after ejecting and the B/N Lt. <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Goodman" title="Bobby Goodman">Robert "Bobby" Goodman</a> was taken prisoner and released on 3 January 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1984 the ship was <a href="/wiki/Drydock" class="mw-redirect" title="Drydock">drydocked</a> at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for a one-and-a-half-year complex overhaul and upgrades. </p><p>In 1985 <i>John F. Kennedy</i> received the initial awarding of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a> Phoenix Award for Maintenance Excellence for having the best maintenance department in the entire Department of Defense.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table style="margin:auto"> <tbody><tr> <td><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DN-ST-87-01292.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/DN-ST-87-01292.jpg/220px-DN-ST-87-01292.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/DN-ST-87-01292.jpg/330px-DN-ST-87-01292.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/DN-ST-87-01292.jpg/440px-DN-ST-87-01292.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1978" /></a><figcaption>An elevated starboard quarter view of <i>John F. Kennedy</i> during the International Naval Review in New York Harbor, 4 July 1986</figcaption></figure> </td> <td> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-14A_VF-32_Exercise_Display_Determination_Mediterranean_1986.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/F-14A_VF-32_Exercise_Display_Determination_Mediterranean_1986.JPEG/220px-F-14A_VF-32_Exercise_Display_Determination_Mediterranean_1986.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/F-14A_VF-32_Exercise_Display_Determination_Mediterranean_1986.JPEG/330px-F-14A_VF-32_Exercise_Display_Determination_Mediterranean_1986.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/F-14A_VF-32_Exercise_Display_Determination_Mediterranean_1986.JPEG/440px-F-14A_VF-32_Exercise_Display_Determination_Mediterranean_1986.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2850" data-file-height="1900" /></a><figcaption>An <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">F-14A</a> of <a href="/wiki/VF-32" class="mw-redirect" title="VF-32">VF-32</a> prepares to launch from <i>John F. Kennedy</i> during her 1986 Mediterranean cruise.</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_JF_Kennedy_CV-67.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/USS_JF_Kennedy_CV-67.jpg/260px-USS_JF_Kennedy_CV-67.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/USS_JF_Kennedy_CV-67.jpg/390px-USS_JF_Kennedy_CV-67.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/USS_JF_Kennedy_CV-67.jpg/520px-USS_JF_Kennedy_CV-67.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2518" data-file-height="1421" /></a><figcaption>US Naval Cover, 22 September 1982<br />Signed by Commanding Officer,<br />Denny Bruce Cargill</figcaption></figure> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Setting sail in July 1986, <i>John F. Kennedy</i> participated in the <a href="/wiki/International_Naval_Review" class="mw-redirect" title="International Naval Review">International Naval Review</a> to help mark the <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Weekend" title="Liberty Weekend">Re-dedication of the Statue of Liberty</a>. <i>John F. Kennedy</i> served as the <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Naval_fleet" title="Naval fleet">armada</a> before departing on her eleventh overseas deployment to the Mediterranean in August – highlighted by multiple Freedom of Navigation exercises in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra" title="Gulf of Sidra">Gulf of Sidra</a>, and operations off of the coast of Lebanon as a response to increasing terrorist activities and U.S. citizens being taken hostage in Beirut. The ship returned to Norfolk, Virginia in March 1987 and was dry-docked a second time for fifteen months for critical upgrades and major repairs. </p><p>In August 1988 <i>John F. Kennedy</i> departed on her twelfth overseas deployment. During this deployment, a pair of <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-23" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23">MiG-23 Flogger</a> <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter aircraft</a> from Libya approached the carrier task force, which was 81 miles (130 km) off the shore of Libya near the declared Libyan territorial waters of the Gulf of Sidra. <i>John F. Kennedy</i> launched two F-14 Tomcats from VF-32 "Fighting Swordsmen" to intercept the incoming MiGs. The U.S. planes were sent to escort the MiGs away from the task force. During the course of the intercept, the MiGs were determined to be hostile and <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra_incident_(1989)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf of Sidra incident (1989)">were both shot down</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)" title="Special:EditPage/USS John F. 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Kennedy</i> in preparation for air strikes against Iraq during Operation Desert Storm on 23 January 1991. The A-6E Intruder aircraft in the background is armed with laser-guided bombs.</figcaption></figure> <p><i>John F. Kennedy</i> returned to the U.S. in time to participate in <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Week" title="Fleet Week">Fleet Week</a> in New York and <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)" title="Independence Day (United States)">Independence Day</a> celebrations in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, Massachusetts before receiving an "All-hands" recall on 10 August 1990, for <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War#Operation_Desert_Shield" title="Gulf War">Operation Desert Shield</a>. The ship was empty of fuel, and ordnance and equipment as she was ready to join the yards for some SRA maintenance. Once the Warning order was issued, the ship went into 24-hour supplies replenishment procedures. She took on all the supplies and equipment she had just been offloading. She took on additional fuel and ordnance while crossing the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>. She departed the United States combat ready faster than any ship had accomplished since the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>. She departed on 15 August 1990, and became the flagship for the commander of the Red Sea Battle Force. At midnight on 17 January 1991 <i>John F. Kennedy</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Carrier Air Wing 3 commenced the first strike operations against Iraqi forces as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Storm">Operation Desert Storm</a>. Between the commencement of the operation and the cease-fire, <i>John F. Kennedy</i> launched 114 <a href="/wiki/Airstrike" title="Airstrike">airstrikes</a> and nearly 2,900 <a href="/wiki/Sorties" class="mw-redirect" title="Sorties">sorties</a> against Iraq, which delivered over 3.5 million pounds of <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ordnance" class="extiw" title="wikt:ordnance">ordnance</a>. On 27 February 1991 President <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> declared a cease-fire in Iraq, and ordered all U.S. forces to stand down. <i>John F. Kennedy</i> was relieved, and began the long journey home by transiting the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Canal" title="Suez Canal">Suez Canal</a>. She arrived in Norfolk on 28 March 1991. </p><p>While at Norfolk the ship was placed on a four-month selective restricted-availability period as shipyard workers carried out maintenance. Extensive repairs to the flight deck, maintenance and engineering systems were made. Additionally, the ship was refitted to handle the new <a href="/wiki/F/A-18_Hornet#C.2FD" class="mw-redirect" title="F/A-18 Hornet">F/A-18C/D Hornet</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DN-ST-93-03777.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/DN-ST-93-03777.jpg/220px-DN-ST-93-03777.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/DN-ST-93-03777.jpg/330px-DN-ST-93-03777.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/DN-ST-93-03777.jpg/440px-DN-ST-93-03777.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2820" data-file-height="1870" /></a><figcaption>Twenty-five year "Silver Anniversary" banner hanging from the starboard bow missile sponson of <i>John F. Kennedy</i>, 7 April 1993</figcaption></figure> <p>With the upgrades completed, <i>John F. Kennedy</i> departed on her 14th deployment to the Mediterranean, assisting several task forces with workup exercises in anticipation of intervention in <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia" title="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>. When <i>John F. Kennedy</i> returned she was sent to the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard" title="Philadelphia Naval Shipyard">Philadelphia Naval Shipyard</a>, where she underwent a two-year extensive overhaul. Upon completion of the overhaul the ship was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Mayport_Naval_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayport Naval Station">Mayport Naval Station</a> near <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a>, which remained the ship's home port. </p><p>On 1 October 1995, <i>John F. Kennedy</i> was designated to be an operational reserve carrier and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy Reserve">Naval Reserve Force</a> ship with a combined full-time active duty and part-time Naval Reserve crew complement, assigned to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. <i>John F. Kennedy</i> would be available to deploy with either an active or reserve carrier air wing when mobilized in support of urgent operational requirements. In this capacity, <i>John F. Kennedy</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s new primary function would be to provide a surge capability, and in peacetime, to support training requirements. She would participate in routine fleet exercises, aviator carrier qualifications, and battle group training.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The impetus for this initiative was post-Cold War defense spending in the mid-1990s, however, the Naval Reserve was never adequately funded to accomplish major maintenance actions for <i>John F. Kennedy</i>, further exacerbated by additional defense cutbacks that eliminated Carrier Air Wing Reserve 30 and the downgrading of Carrier Air Wing Reserve 20 to a non-deployable <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Support_Wing" title="Tactical Support Wing">Tactical Support Wing</a> and the return of many of the Reserve's front-line combat aircraft to the active duty force. Following the 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States, the Operational Reserve Carrier concept was discontinued and <i>John F. Kennedy</i> was returned to the active duty fleet and placed back in the same maintenance rotation as active duty carriers. </p><p><i>John F. Kennedy</i> made a high-profile visit to <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, Ireland during an Atlantic deployment in 1996. Here, more than 10,000 people were invited to tour the ship at anchor in Dublin Bay. The visit was also intended to honor two personalities who had made a great impact on history: John F. Kennedy, for whom the ship was named, and <a href="/wiki/Commodore_(United_States)" title="Commodore (United States)">Commodore</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Barry_(naval_officer)" title="John Barry (naval officer)">John Barry</a>, a native of <a href="/wiki/County_Wexford" title="County Wexford">County Wexford</a>, Ireland who played an instrumental role in the early years of the United States Navy. Officers and crew from <i>John F. Kennedy</i> joined local military and civilian organizations in celebrating Barry's achievements at his statue in Crescent Quay, <a href="/wiki/Wexford" title="Wexford">Wexford</a>, and three F-14 Tomcat fighters flew at low level over the town. <a href="/wiki/Jean_Kennedy_Smith" title="Jean Kennedy Smith">Jean Kennedy Smith</a>, sister of John F. Kennedy, was the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Ireland">U.S. ambassador to Ireland</a> at the time, and was among those who welcomed the ship to Ireland. </p><p>During her visit to Ireland, high winds in Dublin Bay caused the boarding pontoon to tear a large hole in <i>John F. Kennedy</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s hull. </p><p><i>John F. Kennedy</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s 15th Mediterranean deployment included two transits of the Suez Canal, and four months deployed in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>. One night in the Gulf two Iranian F-14's were flying low altitude at high speed heading toward the ship. The AEGIS cruiser <a href="/wiki/USS_Vicksburg_(CG-69)" title="USS Vicksburg (CG-69)"><i>Vicksburg</i></a> acquired the jets on radar and warned them to turn away, which they did. She returned in time to participate in Fleet Week '98 in New York City. </p><p>Shortly before <i>John F. Kennedy</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s 16th deployment, she became involved in a rescue mission when the tug <i>Gulf Majesty</i> foundered during <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Floyd" title="Hurricane Floyd">Hurricane Floyd</a> in mid-September 1999. The ship successfully rescued the crew of the vessel, then headed toward the Middle East, where she became the first U.S. aircraft carrier to make a port call in <a href="/wiki/Al_Aqabah" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Aqabah">Al Aqabah</a>, Jordan, in the process playing host to the <a href="/wiki/King_of_Jordan" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Jordan">King of Jordan</a>, before taking up station in support of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Southern_Watch" title="Operation Southern Watch">Operation Southern Watch</a>. </p><p><i>John F. Kennedy</i> was the only conventionally powered U.S. carrier underway at the end of 1999, arriving back at Mayport on 19 March 2000. After a brief period of maintenance (<a href="/wiki/Advanced_combat_direction_system" title="Advanced combat direction system">Advanced combat direction system</a> was installed), the carrier sailed north to participate in 4 July International Naval Review, then headed to Boston for <b>Sail Boston 2000</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The City of Boston arranged this independent event to take advantage of the transit of Tall sailing ships participating in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Sail#Summer_Millennium_Celebration_(2000)" title="Operation Sail">Operation Sail 2000</a> as they passed by from <a href="/wiki/New_London,_Connecticut" title="New London, Connecticut">New London, Connecticut</a> en route to their final port-of-call in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland, Maine</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fleet_5_nations.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Fleet_5_nations.jpg/220px-Fleet_5_nations.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Fleet_5_nations.jpg/330px-Fleet_5_nations.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Fleet_5_nations.jpg/440px-Fleet_5_nations.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1829" /></a><figcaption>USS <i>John F. Kennedy</i> (center right) with ships from five nations during <i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</a></i>, 16 April 2002</figcaption></figure> <p>During <i>John F. Kennedy</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s last round of refits the ship became a testbed for an experimental system for the <a href="/wiki/Cooperative_Engagement_Capability" title="Cooperative Engagement Capability">Cooperative Engagement Capability</a>, a system that allowed <i>John F. Kennedy</i> to engage targets beyond original range. </p><p>In 2001, during a pre-deployment trial, <i>John F. Kennedy</i> was found to be severely deficient in some respects, especially those relating to air group operations; most problematic, two <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_catapult" title="Aircraft catapult">aircraft catapults</a> and three aircraft elevators, which are used to lift aircraft from the hangar deck to and from the flight deck, were non-functional during inspection, and two boilers would not light. As a result, her captain and two department heads were relieved for cause. </p><p>As the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">11 September attacks</a> of 2001 unfolded, <i>John F. Kennedy</i> and her battle group were ordered to support <a href="/wiki/Operation_Noble_Eagle" title="Operation Noble Eagle">Operation Noble Eagle</a>, establishing air security along the mid-Atlantic seaboard, including Washington, D.C. <i>John F. Kennedy</i> was released from Noble Eagle on 14 September 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the first six months of 2002, <i>John F. Kennedy</i> aircraft dropped 31,000 tons of ordnance on <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al_Qaeda" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Qaeda">al Qaeda</a> targets in support of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_020803-N-6492H-503_USS_Kennedy_(CV_67)_pulls_into_Spain_for_a_port_visit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/US_Navy_020803-N-6492H-503_USS_Kennedy_%28CV_67%29_pulls_into_Spain_for_a_port_visit.jpg/220px-US_Navy_020803-N-6492H-503_USS_Kennedy_%28CV_67%29_pulls_into_Spain_for_a_port_visit.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/US_Navy_020803-N-6492H-503_USS_Kennedy_%28CV_67%29_pulls_into_Spain_for_a_port_visit.jpg/330px-US_Navy_020803-N-6492H-503_USS_Kennedy_%28CV_67%29_pulls_into_Spain_for_a_port_visit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/US_Navy_020803-N-6492H-503_USS_Kennedy_%28CV_67%29_pulls_into_Spain_for_a_port_visit.jpg/440px-US_Navy_020803-N-6492H-503_USS_Kennedy_%28CV_67%29_pulls_into_Spain_for_a_port_visit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1312" /></a><figcaption><i>John F. Kennedy</i> entering Port of <a href="/wiki/Tarragona" title="Tarragona">Tarragona</a>, 2002</figcaption></figure> <p>In August 2002, <i>John F. Kennedy</i> visited the city of <a href="/wiki/Tarragona" title="Tarragona">Tarragona</a> in <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2004 <i>John F. Kennedy</i> collided with a <a href="/wiki/Dhow" title="Dhow">dhow</a> in the Persian Gulf, leaving no survivors on the traditional Arab sailing boat.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the incident the Navy relieved the commanding officer of <i>John F. Kennedy</i>. The carrier herself was unscathed, but two jet fighters on the deck were damaged when an F-14B Tomcat assigned to VF-103 slid into an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to VFA-81 damaging the wing of the F-14 as well as the upper section of the radome and forward windscreen of the F/A-18 as the ship made a hard turn to avoid the tiny vessel. A popular misconception is that <i>John F. Kennedy</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s captain waited to make the turn at the last possible moment to recover aircraft critically low on fuel returning from airstrikes. The official review board determined this was not the case and the aircraft could have remained safely aloft until <i>John F. Kennedy</i> maneuvered to avoid the dhow.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>John F. Kennedy</i> was the most costly carrier in the fleet to maintain and was due for an expensive overhaul; budget cutbacks and changing naval tactics prompted the U.S. Navy to decide to retire her.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 April 2005 the Navy formally announced that the carrier's scheduled 15-month overhaul had been cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:448px;max-width:448px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_070220-N-1550W-001_USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV_67)_departs_Naval_Station_Mayport_for_the_last_underway_period_before_her_decommissioning_in_March.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/US_Navy_070220-N-1550W-001_USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV_67%29_departs_Naval_Station_Mayport_for_the_last_underway_period_before_her_decommissioning_in_March.jpg/220px-US_Navy_070220-N-1550W-001_USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV_67%29_departs_Naval_Station_Mayport_for_the_last_underway_period_before_her_decommissioning_in_March.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/US_Navy_070220-N-1550W-001_USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV_67%29_departs_Naval_Station_Mayport_for_the_last_underway_period_before_her_decommissioning_in_March.jpg/330px-US_Navy_070220-N-1550W-001_USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV_67%29_departs_Naval_Station_Mayport_for_the_last_underway_period_before_her_decommissioning_in_March.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/US_Navy_070220-N-1550W-001_USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV_67%29_departs_Naval_Station_Mayport_for_the_last_underway_period_before_her_decommissioning_in_March.jpg/440px-US_Navy_070220-N-1550W-001_USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV_67%29_departs_Naval_Station_Mayport_for_the_last_underway_period_before_her_decommissioning_in_March.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><i>John F. Kennedy</i> gets underway from <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Mayport" title="Naval Station Mayport">Mayport</a> for her final cruise, up the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">East Coast</a> for <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Week" title="Fleet Week">Fleet Week</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, and then a final port visit to <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, prior to her decommissioning in Mayport.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_070323-N-8544C-160_Command_Master_Chief_Charles_L._Dassance_presents_the_ensign_to_USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV_67)_Commanding_Officer_Capt._Todd_A._Zecchin_during_the_historical_decommissioning_ceremony_of_the_aircraft_carr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/US_Navy_070323-N-8544C-160_Command_Master_Chief_Charles_L._Dassance_presents_the_ensign_to_USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV_67%29_Commanding_Officer_Capt._Todd_A._Zecchin_during_the_historical_decommissioning_ceremony_of_the_aircraft_carr.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/US_Navy_070323-N-8544C-160_Command_Master_Chief_Charles_L._Dassance_presents_the_ensign_to_USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV_67%29_Commanding_Officer_Capt._Todd_A._Zecchin_during_the_historical_decommissioning_ceremony_of_the_aircraft_carr.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/US_Navy_070323-N-8544C-160_Command_Master_Chief_Charles_L._Dassance_presents_the_ensign_to_USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV_67%29_Commanding_Officer_Capt._Todd_A._Zecchin_during_the_historical_decommissioning_ceremony_of_the_aircraft_carr.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Charles L. Dassance presents the ensign to U.S. Navy Capt. Todd A. Zecchin, commanding officer of USS <i>John F. Kennedy</i>, during the ship's decommissioning ceremony.</div></div></div></div></div> <p>Before decommissioning she made a number of port calls to allow the public to "say farewell" to her, including a stop at her "homeport" Boston Harbor.<sup id="cite_ref-urlThe_Daily_Free_Press_–_Thousands_pay_last_visit_to_USS_JFK_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlThe_Daily_Free_Press_–_Thousands_pay_last_visit_to_USS_JFK-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>John F. Kennedy</i> also took part in the 2005 New York City Fleet Week festivities at the <a href="/wiki/Intrepid_Sea-Air-Space_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum">Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was decommissioned in <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Mayport" title="Naval Station Mayport">Mayport, Florida</a> on 23 March 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-urlAn_outpouring_of_memories_upon_''JFK''_arrival{{Spaced_en_dash}}Navy_News,_opinions,_editorials,_news_from_Iraq,_photos,_reports{{Spaced_en_dash}}''Navy_Times''_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlAn_outpouring_of_memories_upon_''JFK''_arrival{{Spaced_en_dash}}Navy_News,_opinions,_editorials,_news_from_Iraq,_photos,_reports{{Spaced_en_dash}}''Navy_Times''-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ship's unique in-port cabin, which was decorated by <a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Kennedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacqueline Kennedy">Jacqueline Kennedy</a> with wood paneling, oil paintings, and rare artifacts, was disassembled, to be rebuilt at the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Naval_Aviation" class="mw-redirect" title="National Museum of Naval Aviation">National Museum of Naval Aviation</a> at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola" title="Naval Air Station Pensacola">Naval Air Station Pensacola</a>, Florida.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A640,_USS_John_F_Kennedy,_starboard_side,_Navy_Yard,_Delaware_River,_Philadelphia,_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/A640%2C_USS_John_F_Kennedy%2C_starboard_side%2C_Navy_Yard%2C_Delaware_River%2C_Philadelphia%2C_2018.jpg/220px-A640%2C_USS_John_F_Kennedy%2C_starboard_side%2C_Navy_Yard%2C_Delaware_River%2C_Philadelphia%2C_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/A640%2C_USS_John_F_Kennedy%2C_starboard_side%2C_Navy_Yard%2C_Delaware_River%2C_Philadelphia%2C_2018.jpg/330px-A640%2C_USS_John_F_Kennedy%2C_starboard_side%2C_Navy_Yard%2C_Delaware_River%2C_Philadelphia%2C_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/A640%2C_USS_John_F_Kennedy%2C_starboard_side%2C_Navy_Yard%2C_Delaware_River%2C_Philadelphia%2C_2018.jpg/440px-A640%2C_USS_John_F_Kennedy%2C_starboard_side%2C_Navy_Yard%2C_Delaware_River%2C_Philadelphia%2C_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1218" /></a><figcaption>ex-<i>John F. Kennedy</i> docked at the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Inactive_Ship_Maintenance_Facility" title="Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility">Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, October 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>Ex-<i>John F. Kennedy</i> was towed to Norfolk, Virginia on 26 July 2007. She remained in Norfolk until a shoaled area near Pier 4 in Philadelphia could be dredged to enable the ship to safely dock. On 17 March 2008 at about 1700, she was seen leaving Norfolk Naval Station under tow of the tug <i><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Salvor" title="Atlantic Salvor">Atlantic Salvor</a></i>. On 22 March 2008 ex-<i>John F. Kennedy</i> arrived, with the afternoon high tide, at the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Inactive_Ship_Maintenance_Facility" title="Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility">Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retirement">Retirement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2009, the Navy placed <i>John F. Kennedy</i> on donation hold for use as a museum and memorial.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A report in the <i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Herald" title="Boston Herald">Boston Herald</a></i> newspaper on 26 November 2009 mentioned the possibility of bringing <i>John F. Kennedy</i> to the Boston, Massachusetts area, as a museum or memorial at no cost to the city, if desired.<sup id="cite_ref-Hub_floated_as_possible_home_for_JFK_warship_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hub_floated_as_possible_home_for_JFK_warship-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2010, two groups successfully passed into Phase II of the U.S. Navy Ship Donation Program:<sup id="cite_ref-navsrc139_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsrc139-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence, Rhode Island</a></li> <li>USS <i>John F. Kennedy</i> Museum,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland, Maine</a></li></ul> <p>On 4 January 2010, <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine_City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Portland, Maine City Council">Portland, Maine City Council</a> unanimously endorsed the efforts of the USS <i>John F. Kennedy</i> Museum while Gov. <a href="/wiki/John_Baldacci" title="John Baldacci">John Baldacci</a> also offered his support.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One year later on 19 January 2011 the <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine_City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Portland, Maine City Council">Portland, Maine City Council</a> voted 9–0 to not continue with the project to bring the ship to Maine.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Plans as of September 2014 had the Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame working to secure Pier 2 of the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Newport" title="Naval Station Newport">Naval Station Newport</a>. These developments come after the former <a href="/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(CV-60)" title="USS Saratoga (CV-60)">USS <i>Saratoga</i> (CV-60)</a> was sold for scrapping earlier after years of being moored in Newport.<sup id="cite_ref-PJ1_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PJ1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lennon_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lennon-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A639,_USS_John_F_Kennedy,_stern,_Navy_Yard,_Delaware_River,_Philadelphia,_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/A639%2C_USS_John_F_Kennedy%2C_stern%2C_Navy_Yard%2C_Delaware_River%2C_Philadelphia%2C_2018.jpg/220px-A639%2C_USS_John_F_Kennedy%2C_stern%2C_Navy_Yard%2C_Delaware_River%2C_Philadelphia%2C_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/A639%2C_USS_John_F_Kennedy%2C_stern%2C_Navy_Yard%2C_Delaware_River%2C_Philadelphia%2C_2018.jpg/330px-A639%2C_USS_John_F_Kennedy%2C_stern%2C_Navy_Yard%2C_Delaware_River%2C_Philadelphia%2C_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/A639%2C_USS_John_F_Kennedy%2C_stern%2C_Navy_Yard%2C_Delaware_River%2C_Philadelphia%2C_2018.jpg/440px-A639%2C_USS_John_F_Kennedy%2C_stern%2C_Navy_Yard%2C_Delaware_River%2C_Philadelphia%2C_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption><i>John F. Kennedy</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s stern, <a href="/wiki/Naval_Inactive_Ship_Maintenance_Facility" title="Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility">Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard" title="Philadelphia Naval Shipyard">Philadelphia Naval Shipyard</a>, 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>With the advent of the nuclear carrier, <a href="/wiki/USS_Kitty_Hawk_(CV-63)" title="USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)"><i>Kitty Hawk</i></a> and <i>John F. Kennedy</i> were the last two candidate carriers to become museum ships as they have conventional propulsion. Nuclear carriers, such as <a href="/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)" title="USS Enterprise (CVN-65)"><i>Enterprise</i></a> and the <a href="/wiki/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Nimitz-class aircraft carrier"><i>Nimitz</i> class</a>, require extensive deconstruction to remove their nuclear reactors during decommissioning, leaving them in an unsuitable condition for donation.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2017, it was announced that <i>Kitty Hawk</i> would be disposed of by scrapping, leaving <i>John F. Kennedy</i> the last available carrier capable of conversion to a museum. </p><p>In late 2017, the Navy revoked <i>John F. Kennedy</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s "donation hold" status and designated her for dismantling. There are still several groups, from Florida, Maine and Rhode Island, with the assistance of the USS <i>John F. Kennedy</i> Veteran's Association, hoping to persuade the Navy to reinstate the "donation hold" status, while they pursue the goal of obtaining her as a museum.<sup id="cite_ref-fate_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fate-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 October 2021, <i>John F. Kennedy</i> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Kitty_Hawk_(CV-63)" title="USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)"><i>Kitty Hawk</i></a> were sold for <a href="/wiki/Penny_(United_States_coin)" title="Penny (United States coin)">one cent</a> each to International Shipbreaking Limited.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Supercarrier_(TV_series)" title="Supercarrier (TV series)">Supercarrier</a></i> was partially filmed on board the ship between September and November 1987, while the ship was undergoing a period of upkeep.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_memorials_to_John_F._Kennedy" class="mw-redirect" title="List of memorials to John F. Kennedy">List of memorials to John F. 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Moores</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Aug: <a href="/wiki/ARA_Sant%C3%ADsima_Trinidad_(D-2)" title="ARA Santísima Trinidad (D-2)">ARA <i>Santísima Trinidad</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Sep: <a href="/wiki/Waage_Drill_II_diving_accident" title="Waage Drill II diving accident"><i>Waage Drill II</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Oct: <a href="/wiki/NOAAS_Miller_Freeman_(R_223)" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAAS Miller Freeman (R 223)">NOAAS <i>Miller Freeman</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Nov: <a href="/wiki/USS_Belknap_(CG-26)" title="USS Belknap (CG-26)">USS <i>Belknap</i></a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">USS <i>John F. Kennedy</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Nov: <a href="/wiki/Soviet_frigate_Storozhevoy" title="Soviet frigate Storozhevoy"><i>Storozhevoy</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1974" title="List of shipwrecks in 1974">1974</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1974" title="List of shipwrecks in 1974"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1976" title="List of shipwrecks in 1976"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1976" title="List of shipwrecks in 1976">1976</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q507410#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q507410#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q507410#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n50082517">United States</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6743kh8">SNAC</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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