PHILADELPHIA - MARCH 22: In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the decommissioned aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy is towed to join other decommissioned ships at the Navy Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility March 22, 2008 into the Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kennedy was commissioned in May 1967 by the late President John F. Kennedy's 9-year-old daughter Caroline. The 1,050-foot-long carrier served nearly 40 years and saw combat action in the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm and the war on Terrorism. Getty Images logo Getty Images 21 months ago

PHILADELPHIA - MARCH 22: In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the decommissioned aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy is towed to join other decommissioned ships at the Navy Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility March 22, 2008 into the Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kennedy was commissioned in May 1967 by the late President John F. Kennedy's 9-year-old daughter Caroline. The 1,050-foot-long carrier served nearly 40 years and saw combat action in the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm and the war on Terrorism.

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