USS John F. Kennedy (CVA 67/CV 67) was commissioned in Newport News on September 7, 1968 and was in service for nearly 40 years. (Video by Senior Chief Petty Officer Jayme Pastoric) | Naval History & Heritage Command

USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), the final conventionally powered aircraft carrier constructed for the United States Navy, has begun its final journey toward dismantling after nearly four decades of service. Commissioned on September 7, 1968, and officially decommissioned on August 1, 2007, this Kitty Hawk-class carrier was built by Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. It measured 1,052 feet in length with a beam of 252 feet, a displacement of over 81,000 tons when fully loaded, and could carry mo

February 2025 — A Look Back at the Final Voyage of USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) Earlier this year, the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) — the U.S. Navy’s last conventionally powered aircraft carrier — completed its final journey to the scrapyard. The ship was towed from the Philadelphia Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility on January 16, 2025, and arrived in Brownsville, Texas, on February 2, 2025, where dismantling operations began. Commissioned in 1968 and decommissioned in 2007, the Kennedy served ne