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USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned [12] United States Navy aircraft carrierIn 1958, she became the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, and the world, as well as the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name.
The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) cruises in the clear blue water of the Gulf of Tonkin off the shores of Vietnam on 28 May 1968. Enterprise, with assigned Attack Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9), was deployed to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 26 October 1965 to 21 June 1966. Date: 28 May 1966: Source
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) Enterprise-class aircraft carrier: 25 November 1961 3 February 2017 [2] World's first nuclear-powered aircraft ...
In September 1960, he was ordered to duty as prospective commanding officer of the USS Enterprise (CVA(N)-65) (later redesignated CVN-65). [12] Launched on 24 September 1960, she was at the time the largest naval warship ever constructed [13] and was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. [14]
The CV-6 is acknowledged during a discussion of past vessels named Enterprise in Star Trek: The Motion Picture while CVN-65 is featured in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Jack C. Taylor , founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car , had served on Enterprise as a fighter pilot during the war, and (re-)named his company in 1969 after the ship.
He was a graduate of the Navy Nuclear Training Program, and went on to command USS Enterprise (CVN-65). On 28 April 1983, he was guiding USS ENTERPRISE home from an 8 month WESTPAC deployment when the ship ran aground near its home port of Alameda. In a news conference, then Captain Kelly said bluntly: 'I am the captain and I was in control.
USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier (1938–1947), the most decorated U.S. ship of World War II; USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (1961–2017) USS Enterprise (CVN-80), a Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, under construction and scheduled to enter service by 2028
Robert Lee Leuschner Jr. (March 13, 1935 – July 19, 2016) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy.He was Commander of the nuclear-powered carrier USS Enterprise from 1983 to 1986.