Happy Monday! Welcome back to another week of ESC News Blog!
Happy Martin Luther King
Day! We hope everyone is enjoying their
Monday off and keeping warm!
We would like to remember a quote
from MLK, “The time is always right to do what is right!”
Did anyone happen to see the
article from The Houston Chronicle on MSN on January 17, 2025, their
article titled, “Decommissioned aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy departs
Philadelphia for dismantling in Texas”?
In the article, it goes on to speak on how the retired aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVA-67/CV-67) who’s been mothballed for around eighteen years at
the Navy’s Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia has been launched
on its final cruise on January 16, 2025.
The retired-USS John F. Kennedy has started its final journey to
Brownville, Texas and its final resting place where it will be taken apart.
The USS John F. Kennedy was
made active in the late 60s and was on active duty for almost 40 years. The aircraft carrier has been all over the
globe and helped our troops in the Middle East and North Africa during the 90s.
International Shipbreaking
Ltd./EMR Brownsville was given the contract to disassemble two of our Navy ships. They will be disassembling the USS John F.
Kennedy and the USS Kitty Hawk. The
USS Kitty Hawk arrived in 2022 in Brownsville and is awaiting her destiny!
We should not be sad for these
two vessels for the new USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is expected in 2025 to join the Navy. If you would like to read more of The
Houston Chronicle’s article on MSN, please click the link: Decommissioned aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy departs Philadelphia for dismantling in Texas.
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We hope you have a wonderful evening! Please keep warm and safe!
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