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 …

2015年10月15日 · Ship History The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was commissioned on 25 November 1961 and completed 25 deployments during 51 years of service. Click the links below to access the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entries for Enterprise, which provide the carrier's history by time period. 1961–1965 | 1966–1970 | …

“The one ship that most nearly symbolizes the history of the United States Navy in World War II.” -James V. Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy 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 …

The Yorktown class aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CV-6) was commissioned at Newport News, Virginia, on May 12, 1938. Relocating to the Pacific, she was at sea during the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Three days after, she became the first U.S. Navy warship to sink a Japanese warship, submarine I-70, and later that month participated in the Wake …

USS Enterprise (CV-6) 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.

2015年7月8日 · (CVA(N)-65: displacement 85,600 tons (full load); length 1101'; beam 133'; extreme width 252'; draft 35'; speed 30+ knots; complement 4,600; class Enterprise) Enterprise The eighth Enterprise (CVA(N)-65) was named in honor of the seventh Enterprise (CV-6) and her predecessor ships of that name. VIII Related Resource: Video - An Answer: JFK Visits the …

2016年6月30日 · Enterprise briefly stood out of that harbor on 10 August, reversed heading and placed her stern into the wind, and backed as necessary to land planes over the bow before returning to the anchorage. Enterprise crossed the equator for the first time on 20 August, and then (25 August–3 September) called on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She came about ...

Enterprise next visited Pattaya Beach, Thailand (14- 19 December). Enterprise next visited Singapore, completing two underway replenishments en route, one with ammunition ship Kilauea (T-AE-26) on 20 December 1989, off-loading 21 pallets of ammunition before outchopping from the Pacific Fleet for the last time for many years. Upon arriving in ...

USS Enterprise (CV-6) briefly (5–9 January 1940) steamed to Hilo, Hawaii, where she anchored on 7 January. The ship trained off Oahu for (30 January–1 February), and the following day was released from the detachment and set out for the west coast, arriving at San Diego on 9 February.

2015年10月8日 · CONFIDENTIAL U.S.S. Enterprise (CV6) War History 7 December, 1941 to 15 August, 1945 The Chief of Naval Operations directs that this report be shown only to those persons to whom the report would be of value in the performance of their duties. Steps shall be taken accordingly to insure that the report will be seen by those persons responsible for …