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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]
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), or Enterprise-D, to distinguish it as the fifth Federation vessel with the same name, is a starship in the Star Trek media franchise. Under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, it is the main setting of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) and the film Star Trek Generations (1994). It has also been ...
An F-4J of VF-92 hitting barrier on USS America in 1970 An F-4J of VF-92 in flight in 1971-2. The squadron transitioned to the F-4J and deployed again on the USS Enterprise from 6 January 1969 to 2 July 1969 [2]: 421 On 14 January two of the squadron's F-4Js were destroyed in the USS Enterprise fire. [11]
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.
Between 18 and 19 April 1988, Flying off the USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the squadron participated in Operation Praying Mantis, retaliatory strikes against Iran after USS Samuel B. Roberts struck an Iranian mine in international waters.
Following department head school, he reported in 1985 to the USS Fife (DD-991) as operations officer. [5] From 1987 to 1989, he was assigned to the Bureau of Personnel in Washington, D.C., as an assignment officer. [5] From 1989 to 1992, he served as the reactor officer on board USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69).
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.
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.