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CV-79 to be named JFK
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Posted: Sunday, May 29, 2011 - 06:10 AM UTC
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today the next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier will be named the USS John F. Kennedy.

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Posted: Sunday, May 29, 2011 - 06:27 AM UTC
Long time coming, excellent decision IMHO.
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Posted: Sunday, May 29, 2011 - 06:47 AM UTC
I second that. He was my Commander-in-Chief. This photo taken on ESSEX CVS-9 while I was aboard. JFK and Caroline.



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Posted: Sunday, May 29, 2011 - 06:48 AM UTC
Truly, one of the great men in American and World politics.
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Posted: Sunday, May 29, 2011 - 07:19 AM UTC
Well, it is a very good choice.


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Posted: Sunday, May 29, 2011 - 09:35 AM UTC
My last ship was the JFK- CV67, so I'm personally happy with this news.
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Posted: Sunday, May 29, 2011 - 11:35 AM UTC
Nice to see her named thusly, a hero and a President.
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Posted: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 06:33 AM UTC
I'm glad to see the John F. Kennedy returning as a modern fleet carrier. The CV-67 was of course an oil burner but from what I read in the ship's library while serving on her from 9/83-6/85 the build up was for a nuclear powered carrier but due to funding that was dropped and it went onto conventional power. Additionally what was to have been the reactor control room had to be converted to Damage Control Central as the re-design was quite extensive. The JFK was never assigned to the West Coast fleet as an assignment to Vietnam would have been quite politicaly incorrect as President Kennedy himself had advocated a drop in U S involvement.
All the best,
GMC John M. Staehle, USN (Ret.)
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