So long, Big John: Hundreds turn out to bid farewell to USS John F. Kennedy
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 ...
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Goodbye Big John; Ex- John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier on its final voyage
A long-serving aircraft carrier, one that started its ... The Kennedy, which sailors came to know as “Big John,” started its life at what was then called Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry ...
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USS John F. Kennedy to leave Navy Yard on Thursday to embark on final voyage before being scrapped in Texas
Nicknamed "Big John," the USS John F. Kennedy was commissioned in 1968 as the last conventional aircraft carrier built ... and Iraq in the early 2000s. Plans to scrap the ship have been in place ...