The Navy's next supercarrier is 92% complete — watch the John F. Kennedy's distinctive 588-ton island drop into place
Mark D. Faram, Military Times
Navy aircraft carrier John F Kennedy island construction Huntington Ignalls landed the island on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy during a ceremony at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division on May 29, 2019. Matt Hildreth/HII
The 588-metric-ton island was dropped into place aboard the future Navy aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy on Wednesday.
The addition of the island, done on what would've been Kennedy's 105th birthday, means the carrier is now 92% structurally complete.
Four years into construction of the new aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, the vessel finally took on the "look" of a Navy flattop on Wednesday as shipyard workers "landed" the vessel's distinctive 72-foot high and 588-metric ton island superstructure on the ship's flight deck.
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