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Farewell to a legend: USS John F. Kennedy heads to scrap yard
The USS John F. Kennedy, a modified Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, is the first in the U.S. Navy named in honor of former ...
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The U.S. Navy Failed for 4 Weeks to Sink Its Own Aircraft Carrier and Got Desperate
A fourth Kitty Hawk carrier was also planned; however, USS John F Kennedy became so heavily modified that she was considered her own carrier class. USS America was laid down in 1961 at Newport ...
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The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk crossed to the Atlantic after a brief call at Punta Arenas
The United States aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk is on its way to a scrapyard in Texas and too large to slip through the Panama Canal, the ship must sail around South America. In her 16,000-mile ...
From USS Nimitz to USS Ranger: Aircraft carriers homeported in Bremerton over the decades
With the arrival of the USS Ronald Reagan in Bremerton in 2024, the city now hosts two Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft ...
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Kitty Hawk passes by Chilean port on her last voyage
Residents in the Chilean Port of Valparaíso have reported sighting the historic USS Kitty Hawk as she was being towed through the Pacific Ocean on her way to her final scrapping. The Kitty Hawk's ...
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From USS Nimitz to USS Ranger: Aircraft carriers homeported in Bremerton over the decades
Besides hosting three aircraft carriers for a few days, Bremerton also had four carriers in the mothball fleet — Kitty Hawk, Constellation, Independence and Ranger at that time. The USS Carl ...