Class: JOHN F. KENNEDY

As built: Displacement (design): 61,000 tons (83,000 fl) — Dimensions:

990' wl (1,051' 3" oa; 1,072' 1" over catapult booms) x 129' 4" (251'

6" fd) x 35' 4" / 301.8 wl (320.4 oa; 326.8 over catapult booms) x

39.4 (76.7 fd) x 10.8 meters — Armor: unknown — Power plant: 8

1,200-psi boilers, 4 steam turbines, 4 screws; 280,000 shp — Speed:

33.5 knots — Endurance: nm @ knots — Armament: 3 Mk.25 8-cell BPDMS

launchers (fitted soon after completion) — Aircraft: 80+ — Aviation

facilities: 4 elevators; 4 steam catapults — Crew: 4,965-5,200

Named after John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963), 35th President of the

United States of America (1961-1963).
Sponsored by Miss Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the ship's namesake.
Commissioned at Newport News, VA, Saturday, September 7, 1968.
Initially classified as an "Attack Aircraft Carrier" and designated

CVA-67.
Reclassified as a "Multi-purpose Aircraft Carrier" and redesignated

CV-67 December 1, 1974, upon modification to operate ASW aircraft.
Decommissioned at Mayport, FL, Friday, March 23, 2007.
Fate: Ex-John F. Kennedy left Mayport under tow for Norfolk on July

26, 2007. She will stay there until the end of hurricane season before

being moved to the Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in

Philadelphia, PA for a two-year stay.

John F. Kennedy Class Aircraft Carrier
Awarded Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Stricken
30 Apr 64 22Oct64 27May67 7Sep68 23 Mar 2007
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA




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