Last update on Apr.8, 2009

Aircraft Carrier Locations
USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67)
Home Port : Mayport, Fla.

CVW-1 (AB)

Locations and Remarks

17Jul-03Aug1998, WestLant 10Aug1998, Storm Evasion Exercise 17Aug-19Aug1998, WestLant 31Aug1998, WestLant 12Apr-26Apr1999, WestLant 21Jun1999, WestLant 06Jul-17Jul1999, WestLant 18Jul-30Jul1999, JTFEX99-2, off the North Carolina coast 14Sep1999, departed Mayport to evade Hurricane Floyd 18Sep1999, returned to Mayport 22Sep1999, departed Mayport, the initial departing schedule (17Sep1999) for the Med/Gulf deployment was reset by the contingencies of Hurricane Floyd 27Sep-01Oct1999, EastLant 07Oct1999, Malta I. 15Oct1999, east of Crete 18Oct1999, EastMed 04Nov1999, Gulf of Aqaba 05Nov1999, port call at Aqaba, Jordan 14Nov1999-22Feb2000, Persian Gulf 28Feb-06Mar2000, Red Sea 12Mar2000, Barcelona, Spain 17Mar2000, Bermuda, 17Mar-18Mar2000, Tiger Cruise en route to Mayport 19Mar2000, returned to Mayport

CVW not assigned

Locations and Remarks

15May-22May2000, WestLant 26Jun2000, WestLant 02Jul-09Jul2000, International Naval Review 2000 in New York City 10Jul-21Jul2000, Sail Boston 2000 in the Boston Harbor mid Aug.-mid Dec. 2000, 4-month upgrade and maintenance at NS Mayport 11Dec-15Dec2000, sea triarls, WestLant

CVW-7 (AG)

Locations and Remarks

12Feb2001, WestLant 20Feb2001, St. Martin, Netherlands Antilles 26Feb2001, WestLant 23Apr2001, Caribbean Sea 30Apr-21May2001, WestLant 23May-29May2001, moored Pier88, Manhattan, New York City, New York City Fleet Week festivities 04Jun-11Jun2001, WestLant 16Jul-23Jul2001, WestLant 27Aug2001, WestLant 11Sep2001, WestLant 12Sep-15Sep2001, Combat Air Patrolling the coastline off New York City 24Sep2001, commenced COMPTUEX (Composite Unit Training Exercise), off the Vieques bombing range, Puerto Rico 03Feb2002, departed Mayport for a scheduled two days of sea trials off the Florida coast 04Feb2002, returned to Mayport 07Feb2002, departed Mayport for exercises off the coast before being cleared to sail on to the Arabian Sea. CVW-7 CQ, plus the final phase of a JTFEX, will require at least eight days. That would mean it would be the middle of next week before could begin to head across the Atlantic. 07Feb-14Feb2002, conducted JTFEX (Joint Task Force Exercise) off the coast of North Carolina 16Feb2002, left from off the coast of North Carolina, then, deployed to Northern Arabian Sea for a part of Operation Enduring Freedom 23Feb2002, Strait of Gibraltar, and entered the Med. 24Feb-26Feb2002, Med. 27Feb-28Feb2002, arrived in Souda Bay, Crete 01Mar-02Mar2002, 50 miles south of Crete 04Mar2002, transited the Suez Canal to southward 06Mar2002, relieved CVN-71 in the Red Sea, and, Conducted a turn-over with CVN-71, supplies from CVN-71 were transferred 11Mar2002, first combat sortie in the north Arabian Sea as part of Operation Enduring Freedom 11Mar-16Jul2002, Operation Enduring Freedom in the Northern Arabian Sea 19Jul2002, was formally relieved of its duties in the Arabian Gulf by CVN-73 George Washington 24Jul2002, heads north through the Suez Canal 25Jul2002, Med 26Jul-29Jul2002, pulled in to Marmaris, Turkey 03Aug2002, pulled in to Tarragona, Spain for a short port visit 08Aug2002, passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, and entered the EastLant 14Aug2002, the embarked squadrons of CVW-7 flew off 15Aug2002, Norfolk 16Aug2002, Tiger Cruise 17Aug2002, returned to Mayport JFK safely Navigated 160 days at sea covering 69,050 miles of water and completed more than 9,100 aircraft traps. CVW-7 Flew a total of 2,599 day and night missions in support of Coalition Forces over Afghanistan, delivering more than 64,000 pounds of ordnance on Taliban and Al Qaeda targets. 04Oct-04Nov2002, carrier qualifications for Fleet Readiness Squadrons (FRS), Training Command (TRACOM) students and TRACOM instructors in the WestLant 05Nov2002, returned to Mayport 07Dec-11Dec2002, CQ (Carrier Qualifications) in the WestLant

CVW not assigned

Locations and Remarks

06Jan2003, began a ten months overhaul Extended Selected Restricted Availability (ESRA) at the ship's homeport in Mayport 11Nov2003, departed Mayport for a five-day sea trials 11Nov-14Nov2003, WestLant 17Nov-24Nov2003, Carrier Qualifications and flight Certifications in the Cherry Point operating area 02Dec-19Dec2003, CQ (carrier qualifications) for Fleet Readiness Squadrons and Training Command Squadrons off the Eastern seaboard

CVW-17 (AA)

Locations and Remarks

12Jan2004, departed Mayport for a "Spring training" 12Jan-05Feb2004, WestLant 19Feb-20Feb2004, WestLant 21Feb-01Mar2004, COMPTUEX (Composite Training Unit Exercise) in the Virginia Capes and Jacksonville operating areas 02Mar-04Mar2004, Fort Lauderdale, FL. 05Mar-08Mar2004, WestLant 10Mar-16Mar2004, Gulf of Mexico 17Mar2004, pulled into Pensacola 17Mar-20Mar2004, Pensacola, FL. 21Mar2004, departed Pensacola 21Mar-22Mar2004, WestLant 23Mar2004, wrapped up COMPTUEX and returned to Mayport 16Apr-29Apr2004, WestLant 30Apr2004, returned to Mayport 07Jun2004, departed Mayport for a six-month Med/Mid-East deployment 07Jun-18Jun2004, WestLant 18Jun2004, successfully completed its portion of CJTFEX (Combined Joint Task Force Exercise), designated "Operation Blinding Storm" 19Jun-23Jun2004, Lant 25Jun2004, Med 26Jun-29Jun2004, Malta 30Jun-02Jul2004, Med 06Jul2004, Gulf of Oman 07Jul-19Nov2004, Persian Gulf 20Nov2004, JFK-CSG was relieved by HST-CSG. 21Nov-22Nov2004, North Arabian Sea 24Nov2004, Red Sea 29Nov2004, Med 01Dec-03Dec2004, Tarragona, Spain 06Dec-12Dec2004, Lant 13Dec2004, returned to Mayport. CVW-17 flew 8,296 Sorties for a total flight time of 21,824 hours. Of that total, 4,396 sorties and 11,607 flight hours were in direct support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

CVW not assigned

Locations and Remarks

24Jan-28Jan2005, carrier qualifications, WestLant 17Feb-24Feb2005, carrier qualifications, WestLant Feb.25 2005, celebrated 'Friends and Family Day', and returned to Mayport Mar.7-Mar.15 2005, WestLant Apr.11-Apr.20 2005, carrier qualifications, WestLant May16 2005, departed Mayport for Fleet Week 2005 May16-May18 2005, WestLant May19-May22 2005, Boston, Mass. May23-May24 2005, WestLant May25-May31 2005, port visit, New York City, for Fleet Week 01Jun2005, WestLant 02Jun-03Jun2005, Norfolk 06Jun2005, WestLant 07Jun2005, returned to Mayport 26Jul-31Jul2005, carrier qualifications in the WestLant 08Sep2005, departed Mayport for carrier qualifications after taking over a mission originally assigned to CVN-75 Harry S. Truman 08Sep-10Sep2005, carrier qualifications in the WestLant 11Sep-12Sep2005, Norfolk 13Sep-14Sep2005, carrier qualifications in the WestLant 15Sep-18Sep2005, Norfolk 19Sep-23Sep2005, carrier qualifications in the WestLant 23Sep2005, completed carrier qualifications 24Sep-28Sep2005, WestLant 24Oct-28Oct2005, carrier qualifications for Training Squadrons - VT-7, VT-9, VT-21, and VT-22 - in the WestLant 29Oct2005, returned to Mayport 12Dec-15Dec2005, carrier qualifications in the WestLant 27Jan2006, WestLant 04Mar-07Mar2006, proficiency training off the Florida coast 02May-08May2006, proficiency training off the Florida coast 17Oct-20Oct2006, WestLant 01Feb-02Feb2007, two days of local operations off the coast of Florida 20Feb2007, departed Mayport for the last underway period before decommissioning in March 20Feb-21Feb2007, WestLant 22Feb2007, pulled into Norfolk 22Feb-24Feb2007, Norfolk 25Feb2007, departed Norfolk 25Feb-28Feb2007, WestLant 01Mar-04Mar2007, JFK's final port call in Boston 05Mar-09Mar2007, WestLant 10Mar2007, returned to Mayport 23Mar2007, decommissioned at Naval Station Mayport 26Jul2007, JFK was towed from NS Mayport, and taken to NS Norfolk, instead of a mothball berth at the old Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, as originally planned. The trip is expected to take about five days. 31Jul2007, arrived at Naval Station Norfolk 30Sep2007, formally decommissioned at Naval Station Norfolk 22Mar2008, towed into the Port of Philadelphia to join other decommissioned ships at the Navy Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility