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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 world, as well as the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the 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) Enterprise-class aircraft carrier: 25 November 1961 3 February 2017 [2] World's first nuclear-powered aircraft ...
The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) cruises in the clear blue water of the Gulf of Tonkin off the shores of Vietnam on 28 May 1968. Enterprise , with assigned Attack Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9), was deployed to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 26 October 1965 to 21 June 1966.
Later in the Cold War, supercarrier construction began with the Forrestal class, [6] followed by the Kitty Hawk class; Enterprise (CVN-65), the first nuclear-powered carrier; and John F. Kennedy (CV-67), the last conventionally powered carrier.
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]
The CV-6 is acknowledged during a discussion of past vessels named Enterprise in Star Trek: The Motion Picture while CVN-65 is featured in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Jack C. Taylor , founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car , had served on Enterprise as a fighter pilot during the war, and (re-)named his company in 1969 after the ship.
Description: USS Enterprise (CVAN-65): Scene on the carrier's hangar deck, taken during Operation "Sea Orbit", 15 September 1964. Aircraft seen include North American A-5A Vigilante heavy attack planes (including BuNo 146700, at left, undergoing maintenance); Vought F-8E Crusader fighters; Douglas A-4C Skyhawk light attack planes (including BuNo 147745 and 149543) and McDonnell F-4B Phantom II ...
Crewmen work out with weight training equipment aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65). Author: PH1 GRUBE: Orientation: Normal: Horizontal resolution: 282 dpi: Vertical resolution: 282 dpi: Software used: Adobe Photoshop 7.0: File change date and time: 09:28, 23 October 2003: Color space: Uncalibrated