"Big John," as it was affectionately nicknamed, was decommissioned in 2007 and has been in Philadelphia ever since.

The decommissioned aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy started its final voyage this week with an end destination set for Brownsville, Texas. The ship had been out of service since 2007 and spent the past nearly 18 years at the Navy’s Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia.

The retired USS John F. Kennedy​ aircraft carrier will embark on its final voyage after spending nearly two decades docked in Philadelphia.

According to CBS and NBC Philadelphia, Scurry and his mother were on their way to Samuel Fels High School in Feltonville around 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, when the athlete was shot multiple times on the 5000 block of Tacony Creek Park and Roosevelt Boulevard.

Noah Scurry, a 17-year-old Samuel Fels High School basketball player, was murdered while on the way to school Tuesday.

Noah Scurry, a 17-year-old high school basketball star from Philadelphia, was shot and killed Tuesday morning while on the way to Samuel Fels High School with his mother