Not Ted,( I won't say more! :-) ) But the "Jolly Jack, the happiest ship in the fleet" as we use to call her back when I served aboard her. I also will not expand on why we called her that either. :-)
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Carrier John F. Kennedy to be retired March 23
The Virginian-Pilot
© February 9, 2007 | Last updated 7:46 PM Feb. 8
NORFOLK - The aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy will be decommissioned March 23 in a ceremony at the Mayport, Fla., naval station, the Navy's Air Force Atlantic command in Norfolk announced Wednesday.
After nearly 40 years of service, the carrier, named in honor of the 35th president, will be placed in an inactive status and kept at Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, the Navy said in a release.
It was built at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, now known as Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard, and commissioned in 1968.
It will make one more port call before retirement, visiting Boston March 1-5.
Details of the decommissioning ceremony are still being finalized, but dignitaries, including members of Congress, Navy officials and possibly members of the Kennedy family, are expected to attend, the release said.
Sad day for me with this news.
Hopefully she won't be scrapped after her mothball period ends.
