John F Kennedy (CVA 67) - Naval Cruise Book

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it october 22, 1964 shipway 11 at newport news shipyard and drydock company is a vast concrete box. it has served as the womb for new ships since john f. kennedy romped as a boy along the naked dunes of the new england coast. money for the construction of cva-67 was appropriated by congress in mid-1963, a few months before the abrupt termination of the kennedy administration. a little more than a year later, october 22, 1964, ami 'Fi 4. a solid slab of steel was lowered to the bottom of shipway 11, the first piece of a monstrous mosaic that would become a symbol of the kennedy spirit. in the face of aggression during the cuban missile crisis, president kennedy had used a deterrant force to keep communism out of america's back yard. so would be the mission of the ship that was to carry his name. . . a deterrant force . . . a force for peace. -gu l Ei' 1 .X X jr .t-W, NRE -km. .I .', 0 -f .X 5 we 4 V. . 'X -X ly' mix .x ix. 2 5 l .xg bi ,A U' 231 1 L, I i i - 1 1 Ai .yr hx Z-A g 'L

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