John F Kennedy (CV 67) - Naval Cruise Book

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ln ltl82 .llfls won an eighth llattle ll l llllirieney award and a lonrth tlolden ilnehor retention award. ln l1l82l. as a resnlt ol' growing erisis in lleirnt. lebanon. .llll was ealled upon to sup- port ellorts there that deline ship's op- erations into the next year. Awards reeeired during that period inelnded a ninth llattle lf the Silver ,flneltor award lor retention. the lllllldl llatley Award lor Safety. and the liattenhurg t'np lor heing the overall hest ship in the Atlan- tie Fleet. ' an... li :' fl t- IN llllll f'.Clll'MfiYil'T!ll i .llll spent the winter ol lll8l in dry-doek at tlte Norlolk Naval Shipyard lor rontplex orer- hanl. ln l!l85 the ship reeeived a lilth llolden llnehor retention award and several departmental ellieeiney awards. While in the shipyard. tlte ship was also awarded the inan- Qural llepartntent ol llelense Phoenix Award. sifgnilyinfg a level ol ntaintenanee exeellenee ahore all other llepartntent ol llelense eotnpo- nents worldwide. ln .luly 1986. .llll served

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-,N I . . X ,f I V . K 11 X-.3 f '1 fi 4 'nm Nbft M 'Y 'AVF t,' ' ii . E 1. Rf' 524-1 lm C 'F ', 'T li' ff-U' E, 4,111 :QQ 2 f11iL11'.fgiQ 'f igvait Mat at X131 l1.fi?tHlf:4 f0f!f 188 .l1111N 1. 1i1QNN1i111' was originally t1t'sigjnatt't1 as 11,1-117. attatk airt-raft t'at'rit'r. In tht' rarh' 197t1s. tht- tlas- sifit-ation was t'hangt't1 to 11-117. intli- t-ating that tht' ship was tapahftt of supporting auti-suluuarint' warfart- air- traft. tuakiug il an a11-purposo. utu1ti- tuission airt-raft tarrittr. In tho oarly 1979s. .1111 t1t'p1oyt't1 sto'- oral titutts to tht' 11t't1itt'rrant-an. '1'ho first titut' was in rosuoust' to a t1t'tt-rio- ratinti sitttatiou in tht' 11it1t11t' East. '1'ht' ship's fourth 11t't1itt-rrantian tfoployntt-nt int'1ut1t't1 hor first visit to a North At- lantit' port. iltfinhurgh. St-ot1ant1. L 1' 'sig 1 ' n K , .Q In 1978. .1111 rt't'ot't1ot1 31.5118 1112111 hours anti 12.138 arrostt-t1 landings. 'Iho ship thou untlorwont a ytarloug major ovtrhaul that outlotl in 1979. '1'ht' ship's ninth tftpfoyutttnt. in 1981. was hor first to tht' 1nt1ian tftoan. 1981 also saw tho .1111 transit through tho Suri 1'ana1. tht- first visit ahoartl a l1nitt't1 Ntatos ship by a Somali ht1at1 of statt. anti 159.9011 arrt-stotf Iantlings.

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as tho t-orttrrpiorr lor a vast intorua- tional naval arrnatla tluring tht' intor- national Naval llrviru' in honor ol' tlu' llltlth rltnnivorsarv antl llrtlrtlitation ol' tht' Statuo ol lilrrrtv. .lllv tlrpartotl lor tltr ltlrtlitrrranran in Attgust lll8l5 antl rrturnrtl to tlto statos in Mart-lr lll87. JFK tlopartotl Norlollt. Virginia. lor hor l2th major tlrp oyntrnt to tho llotlitorra- nran in August l988. tln January l. oprrations in itttornational watt-rs. l'-lls lront tlu- rutlvarltotl air wing sltot tlovvn two lilvvan lllll-23s that wort' approatlting tht' ltattlr group irt a hostilt' rnannor. ln tlut spring ol' ltl8tl tht' ship t-ntrtrtl Norlollt Naval Ship- yartl lor a sltort industrial prriotl. illtrr sponding tht- lirst hall' ot' ltltltl partiripating in a varirtv ol rxt-rrisrs. .Illl paitl visits to Now Yorlt lor llrrt Work 'tilt autl lloston lor tho Fourth ol July. ln August. with just lour tlays ntvtuo. llonnotly tlrployrtl in support ol tlprration llosrrt Nhioltl. l98ll. wltilr rontlurting routino