Group at aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVA-67) commissioning ceremony, 1968

Object summary

Title: Group at aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVA-67) commissioning ceremony, 1968
Object ID: GCP-00013231
Date made: 1968-09-07
Place made: United States, Virginia, Newport News
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Donald Archer Holden and Earl P. Yates stand at a podium during the commissioning ceremony of the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVA67). Members of the Kennedy family and John A. Volpe sit on the dais behind them. Stamp on verso reads "Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, 68-959 (25)". Original caption: "Commissioning of JFK". Used in: Technology Review, January 1969, p. 81.