The decommissioning process is expected to take longer than with previous carriers, due to the nuclear reactors. In addition. Landing aircraft while supporting the Gilberts Operation, 22 November 1943. Following a lenghty overhaul, Enterprise returned to sea duty in September 1994 and enforced no-fly zones in Operation Joint Endeavor off Bosnia and Operation Southern Watch over Iraq. Catalog#: 80-G-333207. ENTERPRISE VII (1938-1947) Once again a proper warship, this time a Yorktown-class carrier, Enterprise (CV 6) earned her nickname—Big E. Launched in 1960 and Commissioned in 1961, it’s the oldest vessel still in use in the U.S. Navy Fleet. Catalog#: 80-G-333207. Catalog#: 80-G-251061. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. Her planes and guns downed 911 enemy planes; her bombers sank 71 ships, and damaged or destroyed 192 more. On Nov. 23, 1945, Enterprise was awarded the British Admiralty Pennant making her the only ship awarded the prestigious decoration outside the Royal Navy. USS Enterprise (C 6), was the most decorated ship in U.S. Navy history when she was decommissioned in 1946. The history and Technology of Submarines (Grade 5), To the Ends of the Earth and Beyond (Grades 5-8), The Date that Lives in Infamy: Pearl Harbor (High School), Codes and Signals: Breaking the Spy Games of World War II and Vietnam, Damage Control Mission Brief: (Blue Navy) A Study Based on the Battle of Okinawa, Damage Control Mission Brief: (Green Navy) A Study Based on the Battle of Okinawa, National Museum of the U.S. Navy Info Pamphlets, U.S. Navy Response to the 1855 Yellow Fever Epidemic, U.S. Navy Response to the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, U.S. Navy Response to the 1923 Kanto Earthquake in Japan. Of the more than twenty major actions of the Pacific War. Enterprise was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on February 3, 2017, and is currently awaiting nuclear recycling. Copyright © 2020 HullNumber.com. In addition, Enterprise was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation and the Navy Unit Commendation becoming the only carrier awarded both the PUC and NUC for service in WWII. USS Enterprise (CVN-65, later CVAN-65 and CVN-65), The American Revolution and the French Alliance, The Forgotten Wars of the Nineteenth Century, Civil War: Securing the Seas for Union Victory, In Harm's Way: The U.S. Navy and World War II: Atlantic, In Harm's Way: The U.S. Navy and World War II: The Home Front, In Harm's Way: The U.S. Navy and World War II: The Pacific Theater, Korea 1950-53: The Navy in the Forgotten War, Sailor's Life at Sea & Poetry (Grades 4-6), DIVE! During the Cuban Missile Crisis that October, Enterprise participated in the blockade of Cuba. Over her long and impressive career, she has participated in the following: Enterprise is scheduled for decommissioning in 2013. Moored to Pier 26 on the Hudson River, she welcomed more than a quarter million visitors, and rendered “passing honors” to President Harry S. Truman when he inspected the ships at anchor. Caption: USS Enterprise (CV-6). back to top go to the end of the page. Deployed mainly in the Pacific and Indian oceans during the late 1970s and early 1980s, she entered the Mediterranean in April 1986 to assist in Operation El Dorado Canyon, the bombing of Libya. 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Provost Aviators Flight Log Book, 1939-1942, Bombers and Torpedo Planes Prepare to Take-Off. Deployments of USS ENTERPRISE: Note: During deployments a VRC (Fleet Tactical Support Squadron) detachment provides carrier-on-board delivery and is embarked aboard the carrier but is no real part of the Air Wing. Launched in 1960 and Commissioned in 1961, it’s the oldest vessel still in use in the U.S. Navy Fleet. Colloquium on Contemporary History 1989-1998, DANFS - Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Needs and Opportunities in the Modern History of the U.S. Navy, Permitting Policy and Resource Management, "Ex Scientia Tridens": The U.S. 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. To read more about USS Enterprise at NHHC, please click here. Ordered to assist the Project Mercury Program in February 1962, she tracked and measured the flight of the first American orbital spaceflight, Friendship 7. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. On Oct. 17, 1945. "Serving the Nation" spelled out on the flight deck, May 19, 1973. Unter dem Kommando von Captain James T. Kirk erkundet das Raumschiff Enterprise unbekannte Bereiche des Universums. Note tail hooks in down position. Two SBD-5 bombers turn into the landing pattern as they return to the carrier after strikes on the Palau Islands, 20-30 March 1944. After repairs, Enterprise continued to serve off Vietnam until 1973 and assisted in Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon, in April 1975. Operation Frequent Wind for the evacuation of contingencies in Vietnam, Training exercises with the British Royal Navy. Enterprise or USS Enterprise (often referred to as the "Starship Enterprise") is the name of several fictional spacecraft, some of which are the main craft and setting for various television series and films in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. * not embarked for the entire deployment. Notable battles include Battle of the Eastern Solomons; Battle of Santa Cruz Islands; Naval Battle of Guadalcanal; Battle of Midway; Battle of Leyte Gulf; and Battle of the Philippine Sea. Home Join Now About Hullnumber Before You Register Tell A Shipmate FAQs Related Links Contact Us. Die USS Enterprise (CV-6) war ein Flottenflugzeugträger der United States Navy und das zweite Schiff der Yorktown-Klasse.Der Träger, das siebte Schiff mit diesem Namen, wurde 1938 als sechster Flugzeugträger der US-Marine in Dienst gestellt. 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