USS Kennedy may refer to: Named for John Pendleton Kennedy (1795–1870) was a supply ship purchased by the US Navy in 1853 and sold in November 1855 was a launched 15 February 1919 and scrapped in 1931 Named for Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. (1915–1944) was a launched 26 July 1945, decommissioned in 1973 and preserved as a museum ship Named for John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–1963) , an aircraft carrier in commission from 1968 to 2007 , a currently fitting out United States Navy ship names