Four years into construction of the new aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, the vessel finally took on the “look” of a Navy flattop on Wednesday as shipyard workers “landed” the vessel's distinctive 72-foot high and 588-metric ton island superstructure on the ship's flight deck.
The lift of the island section was just one of 155 total prefabricated sections of the ship, built outside of the dry dock and then placed on the ship by the dry dock's large cranes.
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