USS Kennedy may refer to:

• USS John P. Kennedy (1853), was a supply ship purchased by the US Navy in 1853 and sold in November 1855

• USS Kennedy (DD-306), was a Clemson-class destroyer launched 15 February 1919 and scrapped in 1931

• USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850), was a Gearing-class destroyer launched 26 July 1945, decommissioned in 1973 and preserved as a museum ship

• USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), an aircraft carrier in commission from 1968 to 2007

History Kennedy was launched 15 February 1919 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco California; sponsored by History Fourteen ships of the class were involved in the Honda Point Disaster in 1923 of which seven were lost In naval terminology a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance Warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, Convoy 1945 – 1950 Joseph P Kennedy Jr was built by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation 's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy Massachusetts, FRAM I upgrade In the late 1950s forty-four of the Gearing -class destroyers underwent extensive modernization overhauls known as FRAM I, which was designed In naval terminology a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance Warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, Convoy Ship history 1970s Kennedy' s maiden voyage and several of her subsequent voyages were on deployments to the Mediterranean during much of the

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