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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 (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.
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 Yorktown class was a class of three aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy and completed shortly before World War II, the Yorktown (CV-5), Enterprise (CV-6), and Hornet (CV-8).
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 ...
Enterprise-class aircraft carrier, a class of United States Navy vessel of which the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the only product; Enterprise-class frigate, the final class of 28-gun sailing frigates of the sixth-rate to be produced for the Royal Navy; Enterprise-class starship, a discarded name for the fictional Constitution-class starship ...
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – From World War II to Vietnam, the USS Yorktown now sits in Charleston Harbor preserving the history of our nation’s bravest. “I was in local law enforcement ...
The USS Enterprise was a schooner, built by Henry Spencer at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1799 for the United States Navy. Her first commander thought that she was too lightly built and that her quarters, in particular, should be bulletproofed.