USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)

USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is the second  built for the United States Navy. She was launched on 29 October 2019, and christened on 7 December 2019. She is currently scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in March 2027. She is named after the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy.

Background
Naming
On 7 December 2007, the 66th anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Arizona Congressman Harry Mitchell proposed naming this ship . In 2009, Arizona Congressman John Shadegg proposed naming either CVN-79 or the later CVN-80 as Barry M. Goldwater, after the late U.S. Senator, also from Arizona. 

On 29 May 2011, the Department of Defense announced that the ship would be named for John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, who served in the navy during World War II.

Christening
On April 8, 2025, it was announced by the Navy that the carrier's planned July delivery date would likely be missed. The new delivery date is March 2027.

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