Warbird Information Exchange

Haven't posted in a while but found this 8 x 10 at an Antique shop around the corner from my house. Walked in and the fellow at the counter was just looking at it. He had found it in a book.
The hardware on deck appears to be Mainly A7 Corsair II's, S-3 Vikings, a Hawkeye and four or five F-14's.





The back of the photo had this to say...

USS JOHN F KENNEDY CV67
Commissioned: 7 Sept 1968
Speed: 30+ Kts
Length: 1051 Ft
Extreme Breadth: 270 Ft
Displacement: 83,000 Tons
Height: 229 Ft
Area of Flight Deck: 4.56 Acres
Number of crew: 5000 +

To: Mike Anderson
May you always have fair winds and following seas.

Ronald J Simmons ( I believe that is the name and initial, was written not printed)
AOC USN

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Mike

Ah yes, There we were, left engine on fire, right engine feathered...ahh yes,...there we were, ..Screwed! No Kissing!

I'm guessing that's 1986 or earlier.
Anyone know what's the portjoles on the bow between the bridle arrestors are???

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Don't touch my junk!!

Combat Bridge

Malo has it right, Secondary Conn, still there on the Nimitz class but much smaller. Don't know if CVN-79, the next JFK, will have one in the same location, we haven't gotten that far on the Ford build.

I say that Malo is correct has the main bridge is used for combat.
It's used only if the main bridge is destroyed.

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Went by the JFK this morning. It is sitting at the former PNSY in South Philly along with the Forrestal. All looked well , but the paint is fading .