[grjr21]

[usmcobra]

Now if only Teddy could be retired as well....

[TheBattman]

The ship, which entered service in 1968, was modernized at a cost of $600 million as the last project of the old Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in the mid-1990s. It was decommissioned in August.

Am I the only one to see something wrong with that bit?

[Joe Boucher]

Sure would like to be on the river in my boat to catch a glimpse of it as it goes by,
Flew over it as it left Jacksonville. It was about 5 miles offshore heading east as I was vectored right over Mayport N.A.S I looked east from 35oo feet and thought wow I’d sure love to land on that babe. Gosh I wonder just what would happen if I claimed an emergency and put down?
Probably get shot out of the sky or still be in jail.

[Citizen Tom Paine]

There is no place quite so cold as a ship without power in the winter.

[Sub-Driver]

I’ll be at Red Bank @ noon up by the monuments.......

[Racer1]

More info for those interested. A news clip at the end. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/02/navy_sets_decom_1.html
http://navysite.de/cvn/cv67.htm
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=14927

[The Great RJ]

Being an oil burner the JFK was obsolete before it hit the waves. Another legacy from McNamera’s whiz-kids running the Pentagon.

[magslinger]

SONOBUOY PING!

Click on pic for past Navair pings.

Post or FReepmail me if you wish to be enlisted in or discharged from the Navair Pinglist.
This is a medium to low volume pinglist.

[spanalot]

F Kennedy - he gave away our bases in Turkey in the 60’s and just think how much that has cost us!

[A.A. Cunningham]

080322-G-7444G-006 PHILADELPHIA (March 22, 2007) The decommissioned aircraft carrier EX-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) is towed Saturday, March 22, 2008 into the Port of Philadelphia, Penn. to join other decommissioned ships at the Navy Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ann Marie Gorden (Released)

080322-G-7444G-005 PHILADELPHIA (March 22, 2007) The decommissioned aircraft carrier EX-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) is towed Saturday, March 22, 2008 into the Port of Philadelphia, Penn. to join other decommissioned ships at the Navy Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility. Kennedy was commissioned in May 1967 by the late President John F. Kennedy's 9-year-old daughter Caroline. The 1,050-foot-long carrier served nearly 40 years and saw combat action in the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm and the war on Terrorism. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ann Marie Gorden (Released)

080322-G-7444G-003.jpg PHILADELPHIA (March 22, 2007) The decommissioned aircraft carrier EX-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) is towed Saturday, March 22, 2008 into the Port of Philadelphia, Penn. to join other decommissioned ships at the Navy Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility. Kennedy was commissioned in May 1967 by the late President John F. Kennedy's 9-year-old daughter Caroline. The 1,050-foot-long carrier served nearly 40 years and saw combat action in the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm and the war on Terrorism. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ann Marie Gorden (Released)

080322-G-7444G-001 PHILADELPHIA (March 22, 2007) The decommissioned aircraft carrier EX-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) is towed Saturday, March 22, 2008 into the Port of Philadelphia, Penn. to join other decommissioned ships at the Navy Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility. Kennedy was commissioned in May 1967 by the late President John F. Kennedy's 9-year-old daughter Caroline. The 1,050-foot-long carrier served nearly 40 years and saw combat action in the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm and the war on Terrorism. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ann Marie Gorden (Released)