Caroline Kennedy

The USS John F. Kennedy, CVN 79, is now 67% complete. After Christening, Dec. 7, employees of Newport News Shipbuilding will complete the project before it goes to a testing pier ahead of its 2022 commission with the US Navy.

National

A Day For Shipbuilders: Caroline Kennedy Christens The USS John F. Kennedy

11:26am December 07, 2019

by Rebecca Feldhaus Adams

The ship's high-profile christening marks a day of recognition for the thousands of workers that have participated in the project over more than five years.