[brivette]

"I worked on the JFK at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. in 1968 during the final phases of construction and outfitting. Last of the non-nuclear U.S. carriers, I think"

It was the last, I believe. I was stationed on the Kennedy from '76 to '77.

[Jeff Head]

She was definitely the last convetnionally powered carrier the US built.

She will probably be decomm'ed in 2007 or 2008.

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