Keel laid for future carrier John F. Kennedy - NavyTimes.com
Keel laid for future carrier John F. Kennedy NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- With the initials of ship sponsor Caroline Kennedy welded on the ceremonial plate, the keel was declared to be "truly and fairly laid. ly/1Ec02MP Huntington Ingalls welder Leon Walston places a weld bead over the initials of Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy and the sponsor of the Navy’s next -- and second -- Ford Class aircraft carrier. The ceremony was held at the Newport News, Va. shipyard, adjacent to Dry Dock 12 where the Ford was also built. Huntington Ingalls welder Leon Walston places a weld bead over the initials of Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy and the sponsor of the Navy&rsquo. s next -- and second -- Ford Class aircraft carrier. The ceremony was held at the Newport News, Va. shipyard, adjacent to Dry Dock 12 where the Ford was also built. NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — With the initials of ship sponsor Caroline Kennedy welded on the ceremonial plate, the keel was declared to be "truly and fairly laid. 22, where it will remain until the carrier's launch in the summer of 2020. So begins the life of the nation's newest carrier, John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). "Every ship has a personality," Caroline Kennedy, U. S. ambassador to Japan, said in a video... "I like to hope that this next ship called 'John F. Kennedy' will take on some of the personality of the person for whom it is named. Source: www.navytimes.com
