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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.
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)
Commencement Bay-class escort carrier; Essex-class aircraft carrier; Independence-class aircraft carrier; Lexington-class aircraft carrier; Saipan-class aircraft carrier; Sangamon-class escort carrier; Yorktown-class aircraft carrier
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]
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).
A new air group designated Carrier Air Group SIX was established months later, in March 1943 and assigned to Enterprise. [1] Due to the manner in which the United States Navy determines unit lineage, in which a unit's lineage begins at establishment and ends at disestablishment, the Enterprise Air Group and Carrier Air Group SIX are two ...
USS Adams (1799), scuttled 3 September 1814 to prevent capture; USS Albany (1846), lost after 28–29 September 1854 with approx. 197 aboard; USS Alligator (1813), captured 14 December 1814; USS Belle Italia (1862) USS Boston (1825), wrecked 15 November 1846, no fatalities; USS Brockenborough (1862), wrecked 27 May 1863
USS Enterprise (1874), a steam-powered sloop-of-war used for surveying, patrolling, and training until 1909; USS Enterprise (SP-790), a motorboat (1917–1919) used in World War I as a non-commissioned section patrol craft; USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier (1938–1947), the most decorated U.S. ship of World War II