USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)

Newport News Shipbuilding

100,000 ts

333 meters

40.80 meters

11 meters

4500

2 A1B nuclear reactors

PCU John F. Kennedy ( CVN -79) is a planned aircraft carriers of the United States Navy and the second ship in the Gerald R. Ford - class. Construction of the aircraft carrier was held in 2014 and the commissioning is to take place in 2020.

Eponym

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) was the 35th President of the United States of America. John F. Kennedy served in World War II as a naval officer and was commander of PT- speed patrol boat PT- 109. CVN -79 is the third ship of the U.S. Navy, which is named after a member of the Kennedy family. The name John F. Kennedy wore from 1967 to 2007 the aircraft carrier CV -67.

Naming

Congressman Harry Mitchell hit on 7 December 2007, the 66th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, before that the planned aircraft carrier CVN -79 should be named after the sunken battleship in Pearl Harbor USS Arizona. 2009 made ​​by Congressman John Shadegg the proposal to name the ship or the subsequent aircraft carrier (CVN -80) after U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona. On 29 May 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that the aircraft carrier CVN -79 will be named the USS John F. Kennedy.

Construction

On 15 January 2009, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding was awarded a contract in the amount of U.S. $ 374 million for design and construction preparations of the John F. Kennedy. On 25 February 2011, the first steel plate was cut for the new building in a solemn frame. The ceremony represented the formal beginning of the construction of the John F. Kennedy represents the belonging to since March 31, 2011 Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport standalone News Shipbuilding received on 11 August 2011 a contract extension in the amount of U.S. $ 56.5 million to further material preparation for the construction. On March 5, 2014, the carrier was placed on Kiel.