USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)

USS *John F. Kennedy* (CVN-79)
	John F. Kennedy underway during sea trials in 2026
History
United States
Name	John F. Kennedy
Namesake	John F. Kennedy
Awarded	January 15, 2009
Builder	Huntington Ingalls Industries
Cost	$11.341 billion
Laid down	July 20, 2015
Launched	October 29, 2019
Sponsored by	Caroline Kennedy
Christened	December 7, 2019
Identification	CVN-79
Motto	"Serve with courage"
Status	Sea trials
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General characteristics
Class & type	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	About 100,000 long tons (100,000 tonnes) (full load)
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 &; processing systems	AN/SPY-6(V)3 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) S band active electronically scanned array; AN/SPY-3 X Band Air Search Radar ; AN/SPQ-9B X band surface search radar;
Armament	Anti-aircraft missiles:; 2 × Mark 29 GMLS equipped with 8 x RIM-162D/G Evolved 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 October 29, 2019, and christened on December 7, 2019. She is currently scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in March 2027.