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USS Enterprise (CVN-65, later CVAN-65 and CVN-65), 1961-2017 Commissioned at Newport News, Virginia, on November 25, 1961, USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world's first nuclear aircraft carrier. Ordered to assist the Project Mercury Program in February 1962, she tracked and measured the flight of the first American orbital spaceflight, Friendship 7. During the Cuban Missile ...
KN-9027. Task group of nuclear-powered surface ships operating in formation in the Mediterranean Sea, 18 June 1964. The ships are the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVAN-65), left; the guided-missile cruiser Long Beach (CGN-9), center; and the guided-missile frigate Bainbridge (DLGN-25), right. Official U.S. Navy photograph.
The seventh Enterprise (CV-6) was laid down July 16, 1934; launched Oct. 3, 1936; and commissioned May 12, 1938, with Captain Newton H. White in command. The ship’s sponsor was Lulie H. Swanson, wife of former Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson. Enterprise was the most decorated warship of World War II earning 20 Battle Stars—three ...
USS Enterprise CV6 War History 1941 - 1945; USS Franklin CV-13 War Damage Report No. 56; USS Helena CL50 War Damage Report No. 43 ; USS Honolulu CL48 War Damge Report No. 1; USS Houston CL81 War Damage Report No. 53; USS Independence CVL22 & USS Denver CL58 War Damage Report No. 52 [USS] Joseph Hewes APA22 War Damage Report No. 32
Lieutenant Christopher R. Thomas, HU-2 Det 65, affected the first night autorotation of a helicopter to the flight deck of an attack carrier on the night of 16 July. Thomas was flying an UH-2A when his Seasprite experienced complete engine failure over the deck of Enterprise, Thomas and his crew recovering safely.
VII. (CV-6: displacement 19,800; length 809'6"; beam 83'1"; extreme width 114'; draft 28'; speed 33 knots; complement 2,919; armament 8 5-inch; aircraft 80; class Yorktown) The seventh Enterprise (CV-6) was authorized by an Act of Congress on 16 June 1933; laid down on 16 July 1934, at Newport News, Va., by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock ...
H-Gram 025, Attachment 2. Samuel J. Cox, Director NHHC. 31 January 2019. On the morning of 14 January 1969, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) was operating about 70 nautical miles southwest of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She was preparing for an 0830 launch of six F-4 Phantom II fighters, seven A-7 Corsair II light attack ...
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES HOLD DECK LOGS FOR AIRCRAFT CARRIERS FOR THE VIETNAM CONFLICT. THE ADDRESS IS NATIONAL ARCHIVES, MODERN MILITARY RECORDS, 8601 ADELPHI ROAD, COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND 20740-6001. USS AMERICA (CVA-66) Deployment Dates: 10 April 1968 – 16 Dec 1968. Source: Cruise Report for America covering above dates.
VIII. History: 1976-1980. Enterprise began the Bicentennial Year 1976 with a period of intensive training in preparation for her forthcoming WestPac deployment. From 1 28 January 1976, she conducted refresher training and conducted carquals. Embarked during the former were 32 reservists from CV-220, a reserve command from San Jose, California.
USS Enterprise, a 19,800-ton Yorktown class aircraft carrier, was built at Newport News, Virginia. Commissioned in May 1938, she made a shakedown cruise to South America, then operated in the Caribbean. In April 1939, Enterprise was ordered to the Pacific, where she was to play an unparalleled role in the great sea war that began with Japan's 7 ...