Instead of preservation as a museum ship—which might allow certain foreign visitors to learn too much about existing aircraft carriers—the USS John F. Kennedy is being sent to the scrap heap.

On Thursday, January 16, the American Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) began its final journey. The vessel, measuring 1,053 feet in length and with a displacement of 87,000 tons,

The retired U.S. Navy vessel will head to Brownsville, Texas, on a two-week journey that will end with the aircraft carrier's dismantling.