USS John F. Kennedy Archives

(Oct. 29, 2019) USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducts high-speed turns in the Atlantic Ocean. Ford is at sea conducting sea trials following the in port portion of its 15 month post-shakedown availability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Connor Loessin)

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100,000 Tons of Trouble: The US Navy’s Nuclear Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Redesign Might Cripple New F/A-XX 6th Generation Fighters

Most of the carrier-design specialists who spoke to 19FortyFive were also quick to point out the negative implications of going back to a steam-powered...

Reuben Johnson1 day ago

STRAIT OF HORMUZ (May 11, 2012) The guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71) and the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transit the Strait of Hormuz.

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100,000-Ton US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Has Been At Sea for 272 Days, Extended Twice Due to the Iran War and That Takes A Toll

USS Abraham Lincoln Update: The Navy has surged counselors and social workers to a ship whose behavioral health staff amounts to one clinical psychologist...

Steve Balestrieri4 days ago

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100,000-Ton Nuclear Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier USS John F. Kennedy Was Due in 2022: She Is Now Expected in March 2027 and the US Navy Isn’t Happy

USS John F. Kennedy, the second Ford-class carrier, was originally slated for delivery in September 2022. She is now anticipated in March 2027 -...

Caleb Larson5 days ago

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 4, 2015) – An F-35C Lightning II carrier variant joint strike fighter assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 prepares to take off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The F-35C Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force is currently conducting follow-on sea trials aboard the Eisenhower. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jameson E. Lynch/Released)

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Donald Trump Wants ‘Battleships’ and Aircraft Carriers That Belong in a WWII History Book and Not in the US Navy of 2026

Trump has big plans for the US Navy: Battleships that seem massively expensive and reworking aircraft carriers to look more like something from the...

Caleb Larson5 days ago

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed Naval Station Norfolk to make the transit to Newport News Shipyard in support of her Planned Incremental Availability (PIA), a six-month period of modernization, maintenance, and repairs, Aug. 20, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Seelbach)

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11 Years in the Making: New US Navy Nuclear 100,000-Ton Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier USS John F. Kennedy Just Passed Acceptance Sea Trials

The term “supercarrier” is not mere hyperbole. Built by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)-laid down on 22 August 2015 and christened on 7 December 2019...

Christian D. Orr6 days ago

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman James R. Evans (RELEASED)

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US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz: 100,000 Tons, 260,000 Horsepower and Can Hit 30 Knots But Retirement Is Coming

When we look at USS Nimitz’s vital stats, we see that she truly is a “super carrier,” worthy of being named for a super...

Christian D. Orr6 days ago

USS Kitty Hawk in the Sunset Creative Commons Image

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The US Navy Sold Two Aircraft Carriers for a Penny Each. The Buyer Was Not Getting a Deal.

A penny does not sound like the price of an aircraft carrier, and it isn't. What the buyer acquired for a cent apiece when...

Harrison KassJuly 31, 2026

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Headed to Brownsville, Texas: The US Navy Sold Five Aircraft Carriers for 1 Penny Each. Scrapping Them Was the Expensive Part

Five retired U.S. aircraft carriers became famous for one-cent disposal contracts. The penny was not a valuation of the ship. It reflected an arrangement...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 30, 2026

U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wing 8 aircraft fly in formation over the world’s largest aircraft carrier, Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during Carrier Air Wing 8’s aerial change of command ceremony while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Jan. 19, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Navy photo)

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The US Navy’s Newest Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Is Running a Year Late. The Holdup Is the Arresting Gear and the Weapons Elevators. (

USS John F. Kennedy, the second Gerald R. Ford-class supercarrier, is now scheduled for delivery in March 2027. The Navy's own budget documents give...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 28, 2026

Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) transits the Atlantic Ocean during Builder's Sea Trials, Jan. 28, 2026. Builder’s Trials provide an opportunity to test ship systems and components at sea for the first time, and make required adjustments prior to additional underway testing. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kaitlin Young)

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First Steel Was Cut in 2011. She Joins the US Navy 2027. Why 1 American Aircraft Carrier Takes 16 Years

Sixteen years from first steel to the fleet — for a ship America once built in two. Follow the Kennedy through the yard and...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 17, 2026

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100,000 Tons of Trouble: The US Navy’s Nuclear Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Redesign Might Cripple New F/A-XX 6th Generation Fighters

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100,000-Ton US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Has Been At Sea for 272 Days, Extended Twice Due to the Iran War and That Takes A Toll

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100,000-Ton Nuclear Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier USS John F. Kennedy Was Due in 2022: She Is Now Expected in March 2027 and the US Navy Isn’t Happy

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Donald Trump Wants ‘Battleships’ and Aircraft Carriers That Belong in a WWII History Book and Not in the US Navy of 2026

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11 Years in the Making: New US Navy Nuclear 100,000-Ton Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier USS John F. Kennedy Just Passed Acceptance Sea Trials

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US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz: 100,000 Tons, 260,000 Horsepower and Can Hit 30 Knots But Retirement Is Coming

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The US Navy Sold Two Aircraft Carriers for a Penny Each. The Buyer Was Not Getting a Deal.

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Headed to Brownsville, Texas: The US Navy Sold Five Aircraft Carriers for 1 Penny Each. Scrapping Them Was the Expensive Part

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The US Navy’s Newest Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Is Running a Year Late. The Holdup Is the Arresting Gear and the Weapons Elevators. (

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First Steel Was Cut in 2011. She Joins the US Navy 2027. Why 1 American Aircraft Carrier Takes 16 Years

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