USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)

USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)

John F. Kennedy on 29 October 2019
History
United States
Name	John F. Kennedy
Namesake	John F. Kennedy
Builder	Huntington Ingalls Industries
Cost	$11.341 billion[1]
Laid down	20 July 2015[2]
Launched	29 October 2019[3][2]
Sponsored by	Caroline Kennedy
Christened	7 December 2019[4]
Identification	CVN-79
Motto	"Serve with courage"
Status	Fitting out
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General characteristics
Class and type	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	About 100,000 long tons (100,000 tonnes) (full load)[5]
Length	1,106 ft (337 m)
Beam	134 ft (41 m) (waterline) 256 ft (78 m) (flight deck)
Draft	39 ft (12 m)
Installed power	Two A1B nuclear reactors
Propulsion	Four shafts
Speed	In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	Unlimited distance; 20–25 years
Complement	4,660
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) X band active electronically scanned array AN/SPY-6 Volume Search Radar (VSR) S band active electronically scanned array[6]
Armament	Anti-aircraft missiles: 2 × Mark 29 GMLS equipped with 8 x RIM-162D/G Enhanced Sea Sparrow Missile 2 × Mark 49 GMLS equipped with 21 x RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile Guns: 3 × Mark 15 Block 1B 20mm Phalanx CIWS 4 × M2A1 50BMG .50 Cal. (12.7 mm NATO Round) machine guns
Aircraft carried	More than 80, can hold up to 90 combat aircraft
Aviation facilities	1,092 ft × 256 ft (333 m × 78 m) flight deck

USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is the second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy. She was launched on 29 October 2019, and christened on 7 December 2019.