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So you Want to build the
Carrier JFK!!
The
JFK was a Kitty Hawk Class Carrier.
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| The JFK's Island is
different! |
This is the Island on the
Kitty Hawk |
The JFK's stacks are canted starboard not
like the Kitty Hawk.
JFK is a Kitty Hawk Class
but!!!!
A624 - $ Call First - 16" long.
This Kit of the JFK comes in a box mislabeled
the Kitty Hawk. When you buy this kit you get
the JFK Island, kit & decals to make it into
the JFK.
Super detailed Island
built by Jon Iverson from steelnavy.com.
USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
- The keel for United States Ship John F. Kennedy was laid on
October 22, 1964 at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Virginia.
Christened on May 27, 1967 by President Kennedy's 9-year-old daughter, Caroline, JFK
entered active service on September 7, 1968.
- When JFK was commissioned, she recived the designation CVA-67*.
This designation remained until the early 1970's when her classifcation was changed to CV
67, indicating the JFK was capable of supporting anti-submarine warfare aircraft, making
JFK an all purpose, multi-mission carrier.
- It was also during the early 70's that JFK made a number of
deployments to the Mediterranean Sea. It was on the fourth of these cruises that JFK made
her first port visit to a North Atlantic port, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- During 1978 JFK logged 12,438 arrested landings and 31,568 flight
hours. The Kennedy then entered a year-long major overhaul period. In 1981 JFK made her
first deployment to the Indian Ocean. While on this cruise JFK served as the first United
States ship to be visited by a Somali head of state, transited the Suez Canal, and logged
it's 150,000th arrested landing.
- Due to the growing crisis in Beirut, JFK was called upon in 1983
to support US operations in the area. During the one year period that the Kennedy spent in
and out of the Beirut Theater of Operations, JFK earned her 9th Battle "E"
efficiency award.
- After spending the winter of 1984 in drydock at Norfolk Naval
Shipyard, JFK served as the centerpiece of a vast international armada for the Naval
Review held in honor of the 100th Anniversary and Rededication of the Statue of Liberty
during July of 1986. Shortly thereafter, JFK departed once again for the familiar waters
of the Mediterranean, returning in the spring of 1987.
- On January 4, 1989 while conducting routine flight operations in
international waters on her 12th Mediterranean cruise, F-14's assigned to the Kennedy shot
down two Libyan Mig-23's that were approaching the battle group in a hostile
manner. JFK returned home to Norfork, Virginia in the spring of 1989 for a short
industrial period.
- In mid 1990, JFK paid a visit to New York City for Fleet Week '90
and was in Boston for the fourth of July. Then in early Augut, JFK deployed for the Red
Sea to support Operation Desert Shield.
- JFK arrived in the Red Sea in September 1990 and was chosen as the
flagship of the Commander, Red Sea Battle Force. On January 16, 1991, aircraft from the
embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing THREE (CVW 3), began Operation Desert Storm as part of
a multi-nation coalition to drive Iraq out of neighboring Kuwait. Throughout the war,
aircraft from JFK flew 2,895 sorties and 114 strikes delivering over 3.5 million pounds of
ordnance over 11,263 combat hours.
- Following the cease fire, JFK passed through the Suez Canal for
the fourth time in seven months and began her journey home. When JFK arrived in Norfolk,
VA on March 28, 1991, her crew was witness to the greatest homecoming celebration and
outpouring of public support since World War II.
- JFK then spent the next four months in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard
where extensive repairs and maintenance on engineering and flight deck systems made the
Kennedy ready to handle the F/A-18 Hornet to replace the aging A-7E Corsair
II's that had flown off the Kennedy's deck during her last deployment.
- The JFK's next deployment, from Oct. 7, 1992 until April 7, 1993
was her 14th to the Mediterranean Sea. This cruise was marked by the developing turmoil in
the former Yugoslavia. Throught the deployment, JFK hosted many visitors, both in port and
at sea, and conducted numerous joint exercises with armed forces from Mediterranean
littoral nations and spent most of her time in the Adriatic Sea. JFK passed another
milestone by logging her 250,000th arrested landing on December 8, 1992.
- Upon returning from the Med, JFK entered the Philadelphia Naval
shipyard for a two-year comprehensive overhaul. JFK completed this overhaul on September
13, 1995 and began her journey to her new homeport at Naval Station Mayport in Mayport,
FL.
- JFK's latest deployment was from April 1997 to October 1997 and
marked her 15th major deployment to the Mediterranean.
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