Thursday, January 26, 2017
People, Places & Things:: PPT
On 22 November 1975 Kennedy collided with the cruiser Belknap, severely damaging the smaller ship and earning itself the nicknames "Can Opener" and "Jack the Tin Can Killer."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)#1970s
Independence changed homeports again on 11 September 1991—this time to Yokosuka, Japan, embarking Carrier Air Wing 5 and becoming the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, and flagship for Commander, Carrier Group Five.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Independence_(CV-62)#1990.E2.80.931995
After more than 37 years of service, Forrestal was decommissioned on 11 September 1993 at Pier 6E in Philadelphia, and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Forrestal_(CV-59)#Decommissioning_and_fate
was launched by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine on 20 July 1963 and commissioned on 7 November 1964.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Belknap_(CG-26)#Construction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic 1912-4-15
