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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 ...
World War II Service Awards USS Enterprise (CV-6) 20 Battle Stars. Presidential Unit Citation Navy Unit Commendation [1] USS San Diego (CL-53) 18 Battle Stars [2] [3] though the Naval Historical center only lists 15 battle stars. [4] USS San Francisco (CA-38) 17 Battle Stars. Presidential Unit Citation [5] USS O'Bannon (DD-450) 17 Battle Stars
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Ship's Cook Third Class William Pinckney, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving on board the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. ENTERPRISE (CV-6), in action against the enemy during the operations of the U.S. Naval Forces ...
USS Enterprise (CV-6) continued ©Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons. The USS Enterprise was America’s most decorated ship in WWII. An aircraft carrier, the Enterprise, shot down 911 enemy ...
MaritimeQuest US Aircraft Carrier Index; The Lost American Aircraft Carriers; Museum ships USS Hornet (CV-12) - USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, CA; USS Intrepid (CV-11) - Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, NY; USS Lexington (CV-16) - USS Lexington Museum On the Bay, Corpus Christi, TX; USS Midway (CV-41) - USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA
USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned [12] United States Navy aircraft carrier In 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 Enterprise Air Group was established on 1 July 1938, encompassing all squadrons embarked in USS Enterprise (CV-6).The group was divided into four squadrons, each with eighteen aircraft dedicated to a particular role.
Sunk by submarine following the Battle of Midway, 6 June 1942 Enterprise: CV-6 16 July 1934 3 October 1936 12 May 1938 17 February 1947 Struck 2 October 1956, Broken up at Kearny, New Jersey, 1958 Hornet: CV-8 25 September 1939 14 December 1940 20 October 1941 — Sunk following the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942