Councilor floats plan for JFK carrier
March 16, 2007
One member of the City Council thinks the USS John F. Kennedy should return to Boston and stay for good. "We all know the tremendous link between President Kennedy and the city of Boston," said Councilor Stephen J. Murphy, who filed an order this week to look into buying the carrier from the Navy and bringing it back to the city. "I would like to see it used as a museum and an enhanced tourist attraction." Murphy said it could cost about $25 million, which would be raised from businesses and other donors. The city could turn the 1,052-foot-long aircraft carrier into a revenue-generating museum in Boston Harbor or at the John F. Kennedy Library, Murphy said. The ship left Boston last week to be decommissioned in Mayport, Fla., before heading to a Philadelphia shipyard where it will join other mothballed ships. The council hopes to coordinate the effort with US Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
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