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PHILADELPHIA (March 22, 2007) The decommissioned aircraft carrier EX-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) is towed Saturday, March 22, 2008 into the Port of Philadelphia, Penn.

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PHILADELPHIA (March 22, 2007) The decommissioned aircraft carrier EX-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) is towed Saturday, March 22, 2008 into the Port of Philadelphia, Penn.

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PHILADELPHIA (Mar. 22, 2008) The decommissioned aircraft carrier EX-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) is towed Saturday, March 22, 2008 into the Port of Philadelphia, Penn. to join other decommissioned ships at the Navy Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility. Kennedy was christened in May 1967 by the late President John F. Kennedy's 9-year-old daughter Caroline, and later commissioned in Sept. 1968. The 1,050-foot-long carrier served nearly 40 years upon her decommissioning in August 2007. Kennedy saw combat action in the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ann Marie Gorden File# 080322-G-7444G-004

Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.

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22/03/2008 - 22/03/2008
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PHILADELPHIA
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U.S. NAVY
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