In mid-January, the USS John F. Kennedy cast off for her final voyage. After 39 years of service and almost two decades in retirement, only the scrapping yard awaits the once proud ship. The John F. Kennedy was put into service on 7 September 1968, the last conventionally powered aircraft carrier to...

The famous US aircraft carrier, the "John F. Kennedy" (CV-67), has embarked on its final journey to be scrapped. Plans to turn the veteran into a floating museum have failed for cost reasons, but the story will continue. From 16 January, three tugs towed the "Big John" from the anchorage off Philadelphia the...

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