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Commanding Officer: Captain John C. Dixon Executive Officer: Commtintler Fred J. Withers Public Affairs Officer: Ensign Charles. D. Connor Cruisebook Advisor: Liifutenant lriiitl C, Moen Editor: Charles L. Jones lll Design and Layout: Charles L. Jones lll Audio Engineer: Daniel M. Jones Photographic Coordination: Daniel M. Watson Stuart K. Lane Photographic Contributors: T. F. Eleitz W. Brads D. D. Deverman J. A. Dietz J. H. Eberle W. Fl. Edwards VV. Hosier R. D. Hill C. L. Jones D. M. Jones ' H. D. Jones . ,, 1 ' S. K. Lane . :S 1 i'4 I i7 Y R. C. Moen f it VI M. L. Rizza P l li 1 C. VV. Roberts 'xt P. Fi, Towery , 'SY D. M. Watson R. Whitefield Spepial thanks to the Atlantic Fleet Combat Camera Group for departure and arrival photographic coverage sQiiKXx X I QW' A Q 12 X X A .,ctt,,' 0 N 4' , ', ' ' Slit . . li r -. i f f , gg 1' 9 4 F' E i Z 3' I an -Pg-H vs' 1 lt ! Q 5 X z 5: if 'sal 5 Z Q 9 f Lv lx 0 61 : xxxXXssw- Q Business Manager: Charles L. Jones lll Funds Custodian: Lieutenant Rod C. Moen R2C0fd produced by Evatone lnc., Deerfield, illinois Printed by Hunter Publishing Co., Winston-Salem, NC USS John F. Kennedy lCVA-67l was named for the thirty fifth president of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy The money for the construc tion of the giant carrier was appropriated by Congress in mid 1963 only a few months before the abrupt termination of the Kennedy Administration ,A little more than a year later, October 22 1964 the keel was lard at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company yards On May 27 1967 l before a crowd of 30,000 spectators, including the then President Lyndon B Johnson, Caroline Bouvier Kennedy christened hull 577 in the name of her The history of Kennedy's ship's company began officially on l12, 1967 when Vice-Admiral Charles T. Booth then Commander of Naval E Air Forces Atlantic Fleet, officially established the John F Kennedy precom ' missioning unit as a separate detached command Captain Earl Yates the pro spective Commanding Officer, and a contingent of about 25 officers and m lsoon to be assigned to Kennedy attended the brief ceremony On Jul i under the guidance of civilian pilots and shipyard personnel CVA 67 l her first trip to sea for two days of buiIder's trials off the Virginia Capes The l beginning of USS John F. Kennedy as an operating member of the naval i ces occurred on the afternoon of September 7 1968 as 10 000 invited l attended the commissioning ceremony, formally initiating CVA 67 as a 'ship. On October 21, Kennedy finally went to sea and on October 22 A-4C touched down on Kennedy's flight deck for the first arrested , Later that same day Caroline ll became the first aircraft to be l On April 5, 1969 Kennedy cast off from Pier 12 for her first I he U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea she returned to l nine months later. On September 14, 1970, in response to a l uation in the Middle East, Kennedy, while enroute to the Caribbean i ciered with no prior warning to proceed to the Mediterranean for her , deployment. For outstanding service during this major deployment the received the Meritorious Unit Commendation Additionally Kennedy .awarded the Atlantic Fleet's attack carrier Battle Efficiency Award fer period January 1970 to June 1971. Kennedy sailed to the Mediterranean for the third time in December l for what was to have been a normal six-month deployment increased ty in the war in Southeast Asia and changes in the schedules of other J caused this deployment to be extended three times and the ship finally p, turned to the United States in October 1972 Kennedy's 1973 Mediterranean Cruise was her fourth deploym U.S. Sixth Fleet. lt began on April 16, 1973 and was originally conclude with Kennedy returning to Norfolk on October 22 An flare-up in the Middle East caused an extension of this deployment with lship finally returning to Pier 7 on December 1 1973 aaa
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