CV-67 USS John F Kennedy MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE 1976

Namesake. John F Kennedy, (1917-1963), 35th president of the USA
Awarded. 30 Apr 1964
Builder. Newport News Shipbuilding, VA
Laid down. 22 Oct 1964
Launched. 27 May 1967
Christened. 27 May 1967
Commissioned. 7 Sep 1968
Decommissioned. 23 Mar 2007
Stricken. 16 Oct 2009
Fate. Sold to International Shipbreaking Limited on 6 Oct 2021 to be dismantled
Motto Date Nolite Rogare (Give, do not ask)
Type. variant of the Kitty Hawk class aircraft carrier
Displacement:
60,728 tons light
82,655 tons full load
21,927 tons deadweight
Length. 1,052 ft (321 m) overall, 990 ft (300 m) waterline
Beam. 252 ft (77 m) extreme, 130 ft (40 m) waterline
Height. 192 ft (59 m) from top of the mast to the waterline
Draft. 36 ft (11 m) maximum, 37 ft (11 m) limit
Installed power. 8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 1,200 PSI 280,000 shp (210 MW)
Propulsion:
4 × steam turbines
4 shafts
Speed 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Capacity. 5,000+
Complement. 3,297 officers and men (without jet commands & crews)
Armament:
2 × GMLS Mk 29 launchers for Sea Sparrow missiles
2 × Phalanx CIWS
2 × RAM launchers
Aircraft carried. 80+