The USS John F. Kennedy could carry over 80 aircraft on its deck, and its crew numbered over ... facility in Philadelphia. However, this plan was not realized, and in 2017, a decision was made ...

Additional reading: “Texas Gov ... Lastly: Read how a big-deck amphibious assault ship crossed the Pacific without GPS. In February 2022, the navigation team of the USS Essex (LHD-2) decided ...

Sailors from the USS Fort Worth laugh with Navy World War ... “I was naive and country, and when I told them I was from Texas, they all thought I had a ranch.” A birthday cake for Navy World ...

The decommissioned aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy started its final voyage this week with an end destination set for Brownsville, Texas. The ship had been out of service since 2007 and spent ...

A composite image shows the decommissioned aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, left, next to a photo illustration of the future Ford-class supercarrier bearing the same name.Joshua Karsten/US Navy ...

Comprised of the first-in-class Kitty Hawk, USS Constellation, USS America, and the Kennedy, the vessels were the last group of carriers to be powered by fossil fuels, which were replaced by the ...

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 ...

This attack cargo ship, the USS Tulare ... was sent to Brownsville, Texas, to be scrapped in 2012. Only 10 ships remain in the Suisun fleet. Below deck, these ships are rusting away.

A Navy tradition dating back to the 1960s, crews aboard Navy aircraft carriers would prank the sailors aboard the relieving ship by releasing greased pigs on its flight deck. When the Kennedy was set ...

"Some of them were low enough that we could wave to the pilots, and then the deck plating would rattle," he said. Thirty-four roses are placed on the USS Liberty memorial at Arlington National ...