CVA/CV67 John F. Kennedy (Kitty Hawk Class)


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Laid down 22nd October 1964
Launched 27th May 1967
Completed N/A
Commissioned 7th September 1968
Fate In service with US Navy
Builders Newport News, Virginia
United States
Complement 3045 crew
2500 air group
Dimensions
Displacement 60700 tons std
82650 tons max
Dimensions 1073' x 128' 6"
Draught 37'
Armament
Main guns None
Secondary guns None
Torpedo tubes None
Other weapons As built:
None

Refitted:
SAM:
24 x Sea Sparrow (3 x 8)
CIWS:
3 x Vulcan Phalanx (3 x 1)
Countermeasures 4 x SRBOC decoy launchers
1 x SLQ36 Nixie towed decoy
Armour N/A
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft 80 various

F14 Tomcat
F/A18 Hornet
EA6B Prowler
E2C Hawkeye
S3 Viking
Flightdeck 1072' x 252'
Hangar N/A
Catapults N/A
Arrestor system Across deck wires
Aviation fuel N/A
Electronics Fit
Radar SPS49 air search
SPS67 surface search
SPS64 navigation
Sonar None
ECM N/A
Other Mk95 fire control
Machinery
Engines 8 x Foster Wheeler boilers
4 x Westinghouse steam turbines
Power output 280000shp
Speed 30kts+
Shafts 4
Range 12000NM @ 25kts
Fuel N/A

The John F. Kennedy is expected to decommission in 2018.

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