USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) was a US classic-powered aircraft carrier. The keel for this unit was laid in 1964, the launch took place in May 1967, and the commissioning to the US Navy took place in 1968. The total length of the ship was 321 meters, the overall width was 77 meters, and her full displacement was about 83,000 tons. The maximum speed did not exceed 34 knots. The on-board armament consisted of two Sea Sparrow missile launchers (later - also two RIM-116 launchers) and two 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx CIWS sets. The aircraft carrier could take up to 85-90 aircraft on board.
USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) was one of the Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers, but it was clearly changed in relation to the other three ships of this type. The USS John F. Kennedy was initially assumed to use nuclear propulsion, but was later withdrawn from it. However, the unit had a different funnel layout, the changed shape of the launch deck in the bow part, immediately at the time of launching, it had Sea Sparrow rocket launchers, not the Terrier system. It also used the SQS-23 sonar, which was not used on the USS Kitty Hawk or USS Constellation, and which appeared on the USS America. USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) was built at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia. After entering service, the unit made its first operational voyage in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. It also operated in this area during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. A year later (1974), the carrier won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award in the Atlantic Fleet. In 1983, the ship operated in the Lebanon region. A few years later, USS John F. Kennedy took an active part in the First Gulf War (1990-1991). Eventually, the ship was decommissioned in 2007.