Old soldiers (and old sailors for that matter) may fade away, but modern warships meet a crueler fate: they head to the scrap ...

On a cold, dreary Thursday in Philadelphia, a smattering of people came to the waterfront to see the former Kitty Hawk class aircraft carrier U.S.S. John F. Kennedy (CV-67) begin its final journey.

The aircraft carrier, which has been docked in South Philadelphia since 2008, will make its exit through the Delaware River.

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The USS Constellation (CV-64) was a Kitty Hawk class super-carrier and one of the fastest of the US Navy. She was nicknamed “Connie”. The United States aircraft carrier Constellation ...

Navy Times reports that Kitty Hawk was the first carrier of its class, launched in 1961 with a heap of improvements over its WWII-era predecessors. It completed six tours in Vietnam and was the ...

The Kennedy was a variant of the Kitty Hawk-class carrier and designated CVA-67 for attack aircraft carrier. After undergoing a series of modifications, the Kennedy's classification was changed to ...