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As a non-commissioned vessel the prefix "USS" would not have been included in the vessel's name. USS Enterprise (CV-6) Yorktown-class aircraft carrier: 12 May 1938 17 February 1947 Served with unparalleled distinction in World War II, the most decorated ship of that war. Scrapped, 1 July 1958 – May 1960. USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name . Colloquially called " The Big E ", she was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy .
The USS Enterprise, led by Captain James T. Kirk, is the main setting of the original Star Trek series and Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–74). [1] Matt Jefferies designed the ship, and its core components – a saucer-shaped primary hull, and cylindrical secondary hull, and a pair of outriding engine nacelles – established the core ...
Owen Paul Honors Jr., (born 1961 [1]) is a retired United States Navy captain who served as commanding officer of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise before being relieved of his command due to videos he had made and shown aboard the same vessel while he was serving as executive officer.
Pages in category "United States Navy captains" The following 167 pages are in this category, out of 167 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
When Kirk and his officers return to Earth in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Kirk is demoted to captain and given command of a new USS Enterprise, with the registry NCC-1701-A. Various licensed materials describe the ship's history before its commissioning as Enterprise, such as it being re-named from USS Yorktown, [137] USS Ti-Ho, [138] or USS ...
Enterprise was again damaged during the battle, but was repaired enough to deliver her air group to Guadalcanal, where it participated in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Enterprise aircraft assisted in finishing off the heavily damaged battleship Hiei and were instrumental in destroying the Japanese transport fleet, thereby ending Japan's last ...
Isaac Hull – captain of USS Constitution; Lyndon B. Johnson – former U.S. President; worked as a bomb observer with the Army during World War II; John Paul Jones – commander during the American Revolutionary War, considered to be the founder of the American naval tradition; Charles Keating – naval aviator, real estate developer and banker