USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)

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USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named after the 35th President of the United States and built as part of the Navy’s newest generation of supercarriers.

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Label Occurrences
USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) canonical 3
CVN-79 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
United States Navy ship ⓘ
supercarrier ⓘ
aircraftLaunchSystem Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System ⓘ
aircraftRecoverySystem Advanced Arresting Gear ⓘ
airWingCompatibility E-2D Advanced Hawkeye ⓘ
F-35C Lightning II ⓘ
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet ⓘ
MH-60R/S Seahawk ⓘ
beam about 134 feet at waterline ⓘ
branch United States Navy ⓘ
builder Huntington Ingalls Industries ⓘ
Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ
christenedDate 2019-12-07 ⓘ
class Gerald R. Ford class ⓘ
constructionMethod modular construction ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
designFeature dual band radar capability ⓘ
enhanced electrical power generation ⓘ
improved weapons handling systems ⓘ
reduced crew requirements compared to Nimitz-class ⓘ
displacement approximately 100000 long tons ⓘ
flightDeckWidth about 256 feet ⓘ
followedBy USS Enterprise (CVN-80) ⓘ
generation second Gerald R. Ford-class carrier ⓘ
homeportPlanned Naval Station Norfolk ⓘ
hullNumber CVN-79 ⓘ
keelLaidDate 2015-08-22 ⓘ
launchedDate 2019-12-07 ⓘ
length about 1106 feet ⓘ
namedAfter John F. Kennedy ⓘ
namedShipNumber second U.S. Navy ship named USS John F. Kennedy ⓘ
namesakeOccupation 35th President of the United States ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
orderedBy United States Navy ⓘ
precededBy USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) ⓘ
previousNamesakeShip USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) ⓘ
program Gerald R. Ford-class carrier program ⓘ
propulsion two nuclear reactors ⓘ
propulsionType nuclear-powered ⓘ
role air operations from the sea ⓘ
power projection ⓘ
sea control ⓘ
shipType aircraft carrier ⓘ
shipyard Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
sponsor Caroline Kennedy ⓘ
statusAsOf2024 undergoing fitting out and testing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier → hasUnit → USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) ⓘ
Advanced Arresting Gear → installedOn → USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) ⓘ
USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) → hullNumber → CVN-79 ⓘ
linked to: USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)
USS Enterprise (CVN-80) → precededBy → USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) ⓘ