flotco

The JFK docking in Malta

HTV

On it's way to NK, I wish.
At least JFK had the nads to stand up to Russia.

flotco

That's my boat in the upper right hand corner.

obbayer

Great picture but how the heck old is it ?

After nearly 40 years of service in the United States Navy, Kennedy was officially decommissioned on 1 August 2007. The ship is berthed at the NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, awaiting determination of her fate.

flotco

Valid point on age of photo. It was sent to me and I just noticed that there are F-14s' on the flight deck. They also have been out of service for a few years.

tommyr904

how deep is that place,look at all the mud

kevinj22266

Great pic. Are those F-14 Tomcats on the deck? I thought they were all decommissioned.

Just1more

No kidding!

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ShellbackCVA59

When we visited Malta on the Forrestal in the late 60's, we had to anchor outside. Pretty neat place, alot of history there. I seriously doubted that was a correct location of the JFK, after remembering we anchored off. I went to goggle earth though and found the dock in Valletta. They have a pictue caption there, and it shows a cruise ship docked at the same location. I guess they made improvements in the harbor to accomodate larger ships in the last 41 years. LOL!

Hydro

Look at the yacht in the top right. The flattop makes it look like a toy.

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kingair

That entrance is mighty small. This is us docked there in June, and a picture of the entrance. When you arrive, there is a palce on the hill that was uded for the filming of "Troy".

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HotPocket

Yeah Malta is amazing we pulled in there on an FFG about three years ago, supposedly it was a refuge for the christians during the crusades thats why that whole harbor is fortified and the castle and fort surround the harbor.

CaptKennyW

My tug helped tow the JFK to Philly last March. It was pretty cool being that close to all of that history.

SeaBoss Kid

I was on the Kennedy when she pulled into Malta when these pix were taken. This was on the Millenium cruise during late 1999 early 2000. I was embarked with VFA-86 (F/A-18C Hornets) and yes those were the F-14D Tomcats of VF-102, the F-14's were decomed later and now VF-102 flies the F/A-18E Super Hornets and has been re-classified as VFA-102 (I'm pretty sure). It's a good thing they decommissioned that ship, it was in absolutely the worst shape of any ship I had ever served aboard.
I pulled this information from my Cruise book from that cruise.

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