Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Apr 30, 1964 | |
| Oct 22, 1964 | originally planned as CVAN, but reverted to conventional power during construction |
| May 27, 1967 | as CVA-67 |
| Sep 7, 1968 | aka Big John |
| Apr 1969 | departed East Coast to Mediterranean on maiden deployment |
| Mar 1974 | in refit until Nov 1974, when reclassified as CV-67 |
| Oct 1982 | general overhaul and maintenance period, until Feb 1983 |
| Jul 1986 | 8 month Mediterranean deployment, returned Mar 1987 |
| Jul 28, 1990 | Red Sea departed East Coast for Red Sea during the build to and during operations against Iraq, returned 28 Mar 1991 Operation Desert Shield/Storm |
| Sep 1993 | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard into two year major refit, completed Sep 1995 |
| Sep 1995 | Mayport Naval Station, FL |
| Sep 1995 | into Reserve Fleet |
| Apr 1997 | although still formally in Reserve, departed Mayport for 6 month Adriatic, Mediterranean and Persian Gulf deployment, returned Oct 1997 |
| Mar 23, 2007 | Mayport at Mayport, FL |
| Jul 2007 | NS Norfolk Towed to NS Norfolk. Towed |
| Nov 28, 2023 | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard still laid up in NISMF Philadelphia |
| Jan 16, 2025 | departed on final voyage to scrap yard. |