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Enterprise is the only aircraft carrier to house more than two nuclear reactors, [4] having an eight-reactor propulsion design, with each A2W reactor taking the place of one of the conventional boilers in earlier constructions. [24] She is the only carrier with four rudders, two more than other classes, and features a more cruiser-like hull. [25]
USS Enterprise (CVN-80) will be the third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier to be built for the United States Navy. [8] [9] She will be the ninth United States naval vessel and third aircraft carrier to bear the name, and is scheduled to be in operation by 2029. Her construction began in August 2017 with a steel-cutting ceremony.
USS Enterprise (CV-6) photography collection Archived 16 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Naval History and Heritage Command) USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier photo archive (NavSource.org) Newsreel coverage of Enterprise being taken to scrapyard (begins at 0:53 mark) A film of the attacks on Enterprise on 24 August 1942. The film was ...
USS Enterprise (1874), a steam-powered sloop-of-war used for surveying, patrolling, and training until 1909; 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
Japanese carrier Shinano, the largest aircraft carrier of World War II. The reign of the battleship as the primary component of a fleet finally came to an end when U.S. carrier-borne aircraft sank the largest battleships ever built, the Japanese super battleships Musashi in 1944 and Yamato in 1945.
Kent Liston Lee (July 28, 1923 – August 11, 2017) was a Vice Admiral of the United States Navy.The 36-year veteran of the Navy saw combat in World War II and the Korean War, and commanded the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN-65) during the Vietnam War.
During World War II, Murray commanded the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CV-6), from 21 March 1941 to 30 June 1942, which included the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and the Battle of Midway. [ 5 ] From 17 August 1944 to 20 July 1945, he commanded U.S. Naval Air Forces, Pacific Fleet .
He received his wings on May 21, 1940, when he was designated a naval aviator. At the completion of additional training, he was commissioned an ensign in the Naval Reserve on June 28, 1940. That same day, he was assigned to Bombing Squadron 6 on board the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CV-6), to which he reported on August 1.