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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 eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name.
USS Enterprise (CV-6) photography collection Archived 16 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Naval History and Heritage Command) USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier photo archive (NavSource.org) Newsreel coverage of Enterprise being taken to scrapyard (begins at 0:53 mark) A film of the attacks on Enterprise on 24 August 1942. The film was ...
In the end, the Navy chose instead to build two 19,000-ton carriers that could fulfill the design vision; though smaller in displacement than the USS Lexington class and a nominal 27,000-ton limit design, the ships retained high-powered machinery, hull volume and flight deck area that allowed for a fast and capacious design, but also improved ...
Although a new model was not created, it took Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) more than six weeks to restore and repaint the ship to appear as the new USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-A. [4] Although the original bridge set had been refurbished and repainted to serve as the bridge for the Enterprise-A, it was scrapped in favor of a completely new bridge ...
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)
By late 1943 when the first new construction carriers of the Essex-class fleet carriers and the Independence-class light carriers with many associated fleet vessels had reinforced the refitted USS Enterprise and the USS Saratoga, the U.S. Navy was prepared to take the offensive and began evolving CIC procedures and operational doctrine for a ...
The United States Navy evaluated the efficiency of the Enterprise bridge's style and layout, [165] and the USS Independence's bridge and USS Zumwalt's Ship's Mission Center have been compared to the Enterprise bridge. [166] [167] An Enterprise bridge replica created for a Star Trek fan series was later opened as a public exhibit. [168]
USS Enterprise (CVN-80) will be the third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier to be built for the United States Navy. [8] [9] She will be the ninth United States naval vessel and third aircraft carrier to bear the name, and is scheduled to be in operation by 2029. Her construction began in August 2017 with a steel-cutting ceremony. [10]