USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) 2004 Final Cruise Shirt

USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) — 2004 Final Cruise, Persian Gulf. After 36 years in commission, USS John F. Kennedy sailed her final deployment into the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The ship that had served through the Cold War, the Iranian hostage crisis, Desert Storm, and the War on Terror made her last passage through the Suez Canal, her last night operations over hostile shores, her last flight deck launches in a combat zone. For a crew that served aboard a legend, this was the final chapter — a farewell cruise worthy of a ship named for America's only Navy president.