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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]
Enterprise earned 20 battle stars, the most for any U.S. warship in World War II, and was the most decorated U.S. ship of World War II. She was also the first American ship to sink a full-sized enemy warship after the Pacific War had been declared when her aircraft sank the Japanese submarine I-70 on 10 December 1941. [4]
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 eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name.
Bruno Peter Gaido (March 21, 1916 – June 15, 1942) was an American sailor who served in the United States Navy as an Aviation Machinist's Mate during World War II.While flying as a gunner for pilot Frank O'Flaherty in a Douglas SBD Dauntless during the Battle of Midway, he was shot down and captured by the Japanese whilst waiting for rescue from American forces.
Away All Boats is a 1956 American war film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, and Julie Adams.It was produced by Howard Christie from a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman based on the 1953 novel by Kenneth M. Dodson (1907–1999), who served on the USS Pierce (APA-50) in World War II and used his experiences there as a guide for his novel.
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; USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (1961–2017)
When released years after the end of World War II, Task Force was inevitably compared to wartime features and documentaries that chronicled the efforts of the U.S. Navy. Audiences on a whole, received the film enthusiastically, making it one of the "largest grossing pictures" of the postwar era. [10]
American Warships is a 2012 science fiction war film directed by Thunder Levin and distributed by The Asylum. It premiered on the Syfy Channel on May 15, 2012. In the tradition of The Asylum's film catalog, the film is an extremely low-budget mockbuster of the Hasbro Studios/Universal Pictures film Battleship. [1]