For more than a decade and a half, the last remaining conventionally powered aircraft carrier, the Ex-USS John F. Kennedy (CV ...

The retired Navy carrier is set to depart from South Philadelphia's Navy Yard around 9 a.m., and will travel to Brownsville, Texas where it'll be taken apart. The USS JFK's departure was ...

Following the vessel’s time in the Middle East, the Navy used the USS JFK as a training platform before decommissioning it in August 2007. It arrived in Philadelphia in March 2008 and has ...

Seventeen days after leaving the Philadelphia Naval Yard, the former USS JFK (CV-67) arrived in the Valley Sunday morning.

Kennedy departed Philadelphia for its final voyage before ... Over the next several decades, the USS JFK had 18 deployments in the Mediterranean, the Navy said. It was also used for air security ...

The departure of the USS JFK comes amid delayed plans for another massive ship to move out of South Philadelphia. ALSO SEE: Ship sinking expert explains how the SS United States will be prepped ...

11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the USS JFK was used in a number of operations ... Meanwhile, another high-profile large ship in South Philadelphia, the SS United States, remains docked at Pier ...

"Big John," as it was affectionately nicknamed, was decommissioned in 2007 and has been in Philadelphia ever since. A new aircraft carrier named after JFK will enter service later this year.

The decommissioned USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) aircraft carrier entered the Brazos Santiago Pass jetties around noon on Sunday, passing by the Cameron County Amphitheater and Event Center at Isla ...

See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.