The Virginian-Pilot
© February 9, 2007
NORFOLK - The aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy will be decommissioned March 23 in a ceremony at the Mayport, Fla., naval station, the Navy's Air Force Atlantic command in Norfolk announced Wednesday.
After nearly 40 years of service, the carrier, named in honor of the 35th president, will be placed in an inactive status and kept at Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, the Navy said in a release.
It was built at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, now known as Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard, and commissioned in 1968.
It will make one more port call before retirement, visiting Boston March 1-5.
Details of the decommissioning ceremony are still being finalized, but dignitaries, including members of Congress, Navy officials and possibly members of the Kennedy family, are expected to attend, the release said.
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Earl Industries, LLC, Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded a $15,306,790 firm-fixed-price contract to perform work associated with the decommissioning availability for the USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) to complete the inactivation repair work which includes deactivation of various installed machinery such as pumps, catapult system, elevator, ships service diesel generators, and the boat and aircraft crane; and draining of fluids from installed systems such as cooling water, Aqueous Film Forming Foam firefighting agent, lube oil and fuel oil. Work will be performed aboard the ship at Naval Station Mayport and is expected to be completed by Aug. 2007. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with ten proposals solicited and three offers received via Federal Business Opportunities website. The Southeast Regional Maintenance Center, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N40027-07-C-0020).
