Kennedy was involved in collisions with USS Belknap (CG-26) in 1975 and USS Bordelon (DD-881) in 1976. Belknap's entire superstructure had to be replaced and Bordelon was decommissioned due to age.
You can see how the ship got its nickname.
An interesting note was that the Officer of the Deck of the Kennedy at the time of the Belknap collision was a surface officer. When he saw that a collision was unavoidable he ordered a hard left rudder towards the Belknap. This had the effect of lifting the angled flight deck of Kennedy by about 30 feet. Had he not done this it is likely everyone above the main deck of Belknap would have been killed including the CO. He received a commendation for his quick thinking.
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Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Interesting work of art. Reminds me of a murder so foul and the justice that is due the deep state. I landed on the John F. Kennedy (CV67) back in 1973 in the Med. I was only on board for about 20 minutes. Someone took a look at my orders and said “HS-5 is on the Indy (CVA 62); get back on the COD”. I think it was a Gruman C-2 Greyhound. I quickly found out why the passenger seats were facing toward the tail.