USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)

The USS John F. Kennedy departing Mayport, Florida

Career

Laid down:

22 October 1964

Launched:

27 May 1967

Commissioned:

7 September 1968

Fate:

in active service

General Characteristics

Displacement:

75,000 t

Length:

1,052 ft (321 m)

Beam:

129.3 ft (39 m)

Extreme Width:

249 ft (76 m)

Draft:

35.6 ft (10.9 m)

Speed:

30 knots (56 km/h)

Complement:

3,297 officers and men

Armament:

3 supercarrier of the United States. It entered service September 7, 1968. The John F. Kennedy is a modification of the earlier Kitty Hawk class aircraft carriers, and they are sometimes considered a single class.

In January 1991, during Desert Storm, the ship launched nearly 2,900 sorties against Iraq. From February to June, 2002 warplanes from the ship dropped more than 64,000 pounds (29 t) of ordnance on Taliban and al Qaeda targets.

In 2001, John F. Kennedy was found to be severely deficient in most respects, especially those relating to air group operations, during a pre-deployment trial; most problematic, two catapults and three aircraft elevators were non-functional during inspection, and two boilers would not light.

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USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)

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