USS John F. Kennedy (CVA-67) 1973 Cruise Sweatshirt

USS John F. Kennedy (CVA-67) deployed on her 1973 cruise during one of the most volatile years of the Cold War. Kennedy's Mediterranean deployment coincided with the October 1973 Yom Kippur War, during which the carrier and her battle group were placed on high alert as superpower tensions reached a dangerous peak. That same year, Kennedy was redesignated from CVA-67 to CV-67 as the attack carrier designation was phased out. This sweatshirt marks a historically significant deployment for one of the Navy's most celebrated conventional carriers.